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- Title
Mental imagery interventions reduce subsequent food intake only when self-regulatory resources are available.
- Authors
Missbach, Benjamin; Florack, Arnd; Weissmann, Lukas; König, Jürgen
- Abstract
Research has shown that imagining food consumption leads to food-specific habituation effects. In the present research, we replicated these effects and further examined whether the depletion of self-regulatory resources would reduce the habituation effects of imagined food consumption. Since self-regulatory resources have been shown to reduce habituation effects during the perception of emotional stimuli, we expected a reduction in habituation effects from imagined food consumption when self-regulatory resources were depleted. In Study 1, we replicated habituation effects as a response to imagining gummy bear consumption with a high (36) and medium number (18) of repetitions in a camouflaged taste test. Participants imagining gummy bear intake showed decreased food intake compared with participants who imagined putting a coin into a laundry machine. The number of repetitions did not significantly moderate the observed habituation effect. In Study 2, we investigated whether self-regulatory depletion would impede habituation effects evoked by the imagination of walnut consumption. Participants in a depleted state did not show a reduction in food intake after imagining walnut intake compared with participants in a non-depleted state. We discuss directions for future research and processes that might underlie the observed moderating effect of self-regulatory resources.
- Subjects
IMAGINATION; STIMULUS satiation; HABITUATION (Neuropsychology); FOOD consumption; INGESTION
- Publication
Frontiers in Psychology, 2014, Vol 5, p1
- ISSN
1664-1078
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01391