High-Calorie Food-Cues Impair Conflict Control: EEG Evidence from a Food-Related Stroop Task
Long-term excessive intake of high-calorie foods might lead to cognitive impairments and overweight or obesity. The current study aimed to examine the effects of high-calorie foods on the behavioral and neurological correlates of food-related conflict control ability. A food-related Stroop task, whi...
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| author | Yong Liu Jia Zhao Yizhou Zhou Ruiyu Yang Beichen Han Yufei Zhao Yazhi Pang Hong Yuan Hong Chen |
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| description | Long-term excessive intake of high-calorie foods might lead to cognitive impairments and overweight or obesity. The current study aimed to examine the effects of high-calorie foods on the behavioral and neurological correlates of food-related conflict control ability. A food-related Stroop task, which asked the participants to respond to the food images and ignore the calorie information, were employed. A total of 61 individuals were recruited and who completed the food-related Stroop task with event-related potentials (ERPs). Participants exhibited a slower reaction time and lower accuracy in high-calorie food stimuli than that in low-calorie food stimuli. The ERP results exhibited a reduction in N2 amplitudes when responding to high-calorie food stimuli compared to when responding to low-calorie food stimuli. In addition, time-frequency analysis revealed that theta power induced by low-calorie food stimuli was significantly greater than that of high-calorie food stimuli. The findings indicated that high-calorie foods impair food-related conflict control. The present study expands on the previous studies of the neural correlates of food cues and provides new insights into the processing and resolving of conflicting information for eating behavior and weight control. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e05d39a241664c6d928642dcd45ec1ff2023-11-24T06:14:02ZengMDPI AGNutrients2072-66432022-11-011421459310.3390/nu14214593High-Calorie Food-Cues Impair Conflict Control: EEG Evidence from a Food-Related Stroop TaskYong Liu0Jia Zhao1Yizhou Zhou2Ruiyu Yang3Beichen Han4Yufei Zhao5Yazhi Pang6Hong Yuan7Hong Chen8Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (Ministry of Education), School of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, ChinaKey Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (Ministry of Education), School of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, ChinaSchool of Education, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, ChinaSchool of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, ChinaSchool of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, ChinaSchool of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, ChinaSchool of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, ChinaKey Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (Ministry of Education), School of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, ChinaKey Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (Ministry of Education), School of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, ChinaLong-term excessive intake of high-calorie foods might lead to cognitive impairments and overweight or obesity. The current study aimed to examine the effects of high-calorie foods on the behavioral and neurological correlates of food-related conflict control ability. A food-related Stroop task, which asked the participants to respond to the food images and ignore the calorie information, were employed. A total of 61 individuals were recruited and who completed the food-related Stroop task with event-related potentials (ERPs). Participants exhibited a slower reaction time and lower accuracy in high-calorie food stimuli than that in low-calorie food stimuli. The ERP results exhibited a reduction in N2 amplitudes when responding to high-calorie food stimuli compared to when responding to low-calorie food stimuli. In addition, time-frequency analysis revealed that theta power induced by low-calorie food stimuli was significantly greater than that of high-calorie food stimuli. The findings indicated that high-calorie foods impair food-related conflict control. The present study expands on the previous studies of the neural correlates of food cues and provides new insights into the processing and resolving of conflicting information for eating behavior and weight control.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/21/4593conflict controlhigh-calorie foodsfood-related Stroop taskN2 and P3theta power |
| spellingShingle | Yong Liu Jia Zhao Yizhou Zhou Ruiyu Yang Beichen Han Yufei Zhao Yazhi Pang Hong Yuan Hong Chen High-Calorie Food-Cues Impair Conflict Control: EEG Evidence from a Food-Related Stroop Task Nutrients conflict control high-calorie foods food-related Stroop task N2 and P3 theta power |
| title | High-Calorie Food-Cues Impair Conflict Control: EEG Evidence from a Food-Related Stroop Task |
| title_full | High-Calorie Food-Cues Impair Conflict Control: EEG Evidence from a Food-Related Stroop Task |
| title_fullStr | High-Calorie Food-Cues Impair Conflict Control: EEG Evidence from a Food-Related Stroop Task |
| title_full_unstemmed | High-Calorie Food-Cues Impair Conflict Control: EEG Evidence from a Food-Related Stroop Task |
| title_short | High-Calorie Food-Cues Impair Conflict Control: EEG Evidence from a Food-Related Stroop Task |
| title_sort | high calorie food cues impair conflict control eeg evidence from a food related stroop task |
| topic | conflict control high-calorie foods food-related Stroop task N2 and P3 theta power |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/21/4593 |
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