Individual preferences Flashcards
What are some ways to measure implicit attitudes in individual preferences?
using the affective misattribution procedure (AMP), the affective priming task (AP) and the implicit association test (IAT)
What area is involved in monitoring implicit attitudes towards food? What can modulate it?
the medial prefrontal cortex is involved in monitoring implicit attitudes towards food; TMS effect can influence it and it is modulated by individual differences as it has a disinhibitory effect only on participants with non extreme explicit preferences for food
How do response inhibition and implicit preference for snack foods affect weight change?
response inhibition does not significantly influence weight change in participants with low implicit preference, but for participants with high implicit preference for snack foods, response inhibition has a decisive influence on weight change
Describe the unprocessed-processed discrimination effect.
natural and processed foods are elaborated differently: for natural foods implicit and explicit measures (healthiness) converge, while for transformed foods there is a dissociation between those measures. furthermore, people are faster in categorizing processed foods as foods
What is ortorexia?
it is a personal obsession with “proper nutrition”, adherence to a diet of healthy foods, preoccupation with food purity and severe dietary restrictions; it is not currently recognized as an eating disorder
