Attentional Processing of Food Cues in Overweight and Obese Individuals

Current Obesity Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 106-113

  Nijs, Ilse M T ^a,b   Franken, Ingmar H A ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Addiction; Attention; Binge eating; Craving; Cue reactivity; Event related potentials; Eye tracking; Food; Food intake; Hunger; Incentive sensitization; Information processing; Obesity; Overeating; Overweight; P300; Satiety; Stroop task; Visual probe task

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BINGE EATING DISORDER; CALORIC INTAKE; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EYE TRACKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; FOOD ADDICTION; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUNGER; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; REWARD; SATIETY; STROOP TEST; VISUAL STIMULATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84870027517     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21624968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13679-012-0011-1     Document Type: Review

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