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Errors as a Means of Reducing Impulsive Food Choice
Published on: June 5, 2016
食べ物について考える:想像する消費は,実際の消費を減らす
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
まとめ
食べ物を想像すると,食べ物の欲望が減る. チーズのような食品の消費を繰り返し想像すると,味覚ではなく,動機が低下したため,実際の消費が減少しました.
科学分野:
- 心理学 心理学とは
- 神経科学は神経科学である.
- 行動科学は,行動科学である.
背景:
- 習慣化,つまり刺激に対する反応の低下は,通常,消費後に起こります.
- この現象は,食品に対するモチベーションと反応力を低下させ,摂取量を減らすことにつながります.
研究 の 目的:
- 食べ物の摂取を想像することで習慣化が誘発されるかどうかを調査する.
- 想像力だけで食物の摂取量が減少するかどうかを判断する.
主な方法:
- 参加者は,特定の食品 (例えばチーズ) を何度も食べると繰り返し想像した.
- コントロールグループは,食事の回数が少なく,異なる食べ物,または全く食べないことを想像しました.
- その後の食物の消費量を測定した.
主要な成果:
- 繰り返しチーズを食べると想像した人は,チーズを少量消費した.
- この摂取量の減少は,食欲の減少と関連しており,食欲の減少とは関係なかった.
- 想像によって誘発された習慣化は,実際の消費なしでも発生しました.
結論:
- 食べ物についての精神的なイメージは,習慣化を引き起こす可能性があります.
- 想像力は,食物に対する動機づけと,その後の消費に影響を与えることができます.
- これは,認知プロセスが食欲と摂取量を調節する上で重要な役割を果たしていることを示唆しています.
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