Eating with our eyes: From visual hunger to digital satiation

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 110, Issue , 2016, Pages 53-63

  Spence, Charles ^a   Okajima, Katsunori ^b   Cheok, Adrian David ^c   Petit, Olivia ^c   Michel, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Imagineering Institute   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Cognition; Digital; Food aesthetics; Food intake; Food porn; Gastrophysics; Gastroporn; Technology; Virtual; Vision; Visual hunger

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PORN; HUMAN; HUNGER; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATIETY; VISION; VISUAL ATTENTION; VISUAL STIMULATION; BRAIN; ESTHETICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

BRAIN; ESTHETICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; HUMANS; HUNGER; SATIATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84948800336     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2015.08.006     Document Type: Article

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