The change of eating behavior using the distractor devaluation effect

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26870751
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Clinical psychology; Cognitive science
• Research Institution: University of Tsukuba (2017); National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (2015-2016); Kwansei Gakuin University (2014)
• Principal Investigator: Inoue Kazuya 筑波大学, システム情報系, 助教 (50631967)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 食行動 / 妨害刺激嫌悪効果 / 感性満腹感

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of the present study is to develop a method that change eating behavior. To this aim, we focused on the phenomena that change the preference for stimuli, such as the distractor devaluation effect and the sensory-specific satiety. The following 2 findings were found. (1) The presence or absence of a response influenced the deliciousness for the pictures of food presented in a go/no-go task only when participants attended to the pictures during the task. In contrast to previous studies, the presence of the response increased the deliciousness for the pictures. (2) Repeated presentation of a movie depicting a food influenced a satiety to the food that was not repeatedly presented. This phenomenon was found only when participants attended to the movie that elicited the simulation of eating behavior.

Free Research Field

認知科学