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Errors as a Means of Reducing Impulsive Food Choice
Published on: June 5, 2016
Pensamiento para la comida: el consumo imaginario reduce el consumo real
Carey K Morewedge1, Young Eun Huh, Joachim Vosgerau
1Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Porter Hall 208, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. morewedge@cmu.edu
Resumen
Imaginar comer comida puede reducir tu deseo de comerla. Imaginar repetidamente el consumo de alimentos, como el queso, condujo a un menor consumo real debido a la disminución de la motivación, no a la palatabilidad.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Psicología Psicología Psicología.
- La neurociencia es la neurociencia.
- Ciencias del comportamiento Ciencias del comportamiento.
Sus antecedentes:
- La habituación, una respuesta reducida a un estímulo, suele ocurrir después del consumo.
- Este fenómeno disminuye la motivación y la capacidad de respuesta a un alimento, lo que lleva a una ingesta reducida.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar si imaginar el consumo de alimentos puede inducir la habituación.
- Para determinar si la representación mental por sí sola puede conducir a una disminución de la ingesta de alimentos.
Principales métodos:
- Los participantes repetidamente imaginaron comer un alimento específico (por ejemplo, queso) varias veces.
- Los grupos de control imaginaron comer menos veces, un alimento diferente o no comer en absoluto.
- Se midió el consumo posterior de alimentos.
Principales resultados:
- Las personas que repetidamente imaginaron comer queso lo consumieron menos.
- Esta reducción en la ingesta estaba relacionada con la disminución del deseo, no con la reducción de la palatabilidad.
- La habituación inducida por la imaginación ocurrió incluso sin el consumo real.
Conclusiones:
- La representación mental de los alimentos puede desencadenar el hábito.
- La imaginación puede influir en la motivación de los alimentos y su posterior consumo.
- Esto sugiere que los procesos cognitivos juegan un papel importante en la regulación del apetito y la ingesta.
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