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Stroop interference and food intake

J Overduin1, A Jansen, E Louwerse

  • 1Department of Experimental Abnormal Psychology, Limburg Univesity, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

The International Journal of Eating Disorders
|November 1, 1995
PubMed
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Restrained eaters exhibit continuous attentional bias toward food words, unlike unrestrained individuals who show bias only after an appetizer. This suggests different responses to food cues, with implications for understanding eating behaviors and relapse risk.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Eating Behavior Research
  • Neuroscience of Appetite

Background:

  • The Stroop task traditionally assesses attentional bias by measuring interference between word meaning and color naming.
  • Previous studies linked Stroop interference for food/body words to eating disorders and concerns about restricted intake.
  • This study proposes Stroop interference may reflect approach or withdrawal tendencies towards food/body stimuli.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate attentional bias for food and body shape words using the Stroop task in restrained and unrestrained eaters.
  • To examine the influence of a pre-task appetizer on attentional bias and subsequent food intake.
  • To explore the relationship between Stroop interference, dietary restraint, and eating behavior.

Main Methods:

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  • Fifty-one participants (25 unrestrained, 26 restrained) completed a Stroop task with neutral, food, and body shape words.
  • Participants were randomly assigned to an 'appetizer' (pudding) or 'no-appetizer' condition before the task.
  • Following the Stroop task, an ice cream taste test measured ad libitum food intake.

Main Results:

  • Unrestrained eaters showed Stroop interference for food words only in the appetizer condition, correlating with ice cream intake.
  • Restrained eaters displayed consistent Stroop interference for food words, irrespective of the appetizer condition.
  • No significant effects of condition or restraint were observed on Stroop interference for body shape words.

Conclusions:

  • Appetizer ingestion induced attentional bias for food words in unrestrained eaters, linked to subsequent intake, supporting an 'urge-to-act' model.
  • Restrained eaters demonstrated continuous attentional bias, potentially due to inhibited approach responses, decoupling bias from actual intake.
  • Stroop interference may serve as a valuable measure of 'craving' triggered by food cues, aiding in assessing relapse risk for binge eating disorders.