Food Captures Attention, but Not the Eyes: An Eye- Tracking Study on Mindset and BMI’s Impact on Attentional Capture by High-Caloric Visual Food Stimuli

Obesity is a worldwide pandemic and theories propose that attentional bias (AB) for food triggers craving and overeating, especially for people with obesity. However, empirical evidence is inconsistent, which may be due to methodological diversity and the double-sided nature of high-caloric palatabl...

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Main Authors: Leonardo Pimpini, Sarah Kochs, Wieske van Zoest, Anita Jansen, Anne Roefs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2022-02-01
Series:Journal of Cognition
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Online Access:https://www.journalofcognition.org/articles/210