Attentional bias towards appealing and disgusting food cues varies with the menstrual cycle

Yao, Fangshu; Zhuang, Yiyun; Shen, Xueer; Wang, Xiaochun

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2022.106063

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“…First, we recruited only male participants, which limits generalizability. This decision was influenced by the complexities associated with the menstrual cycle in women, which can affect neural responses to food stimuli due to hormonal fluctuations [35]. Existing research indicates sex differences in neural responses to food stimuli [36,37], with men and women displaying distinct brain activities in response to visual, auditory, and gustatory food stimuli.…”

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Effects of Simulated Airplane Cabin Noise on In-Flight Meal Perception in the Brain Using Electroencephalography

Lim,

Kim,

Lee

et al. 2024

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Auditory distractions can impair the sensory evaluation of food; however, the specific impact of airplane cabin noise on the sensory perception of in-flight meals remains poorly studied. Here, we investigated the effects of airplane cabin noise on the visual processing of in-flight meal stimuli using electroencephalography (EEG) in twenty healthy male subjects. Resting-state EEG and event-related potential (ERP) responses to in-flight meal images were acquired during quiet and simulated cabin noise conditions. Participants reported mild discomfort and some loss of appetite when exposed to airplane cabin noise. The analysis of resting-state EEG showed an increase in the absolute power of theta and beta frequency bands in the left superior parietal and left frontal/right central regions under simulated cabin noise conditions, compared to quiet conditions. The ERP results showed that the amplitude of responses evoked by visual meal images in the superior parietal area was reduced in the noise condition compared to the quiet condition. Our findings suggest that airplane cabin noise disrupts the visual perception and attentional processing of in-flight food stimuli. These neural changes imply an impact on integrating sensory information, resulting in altered sensory evaluations of food during in-flight dining experiences.

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confidence: 99%

Effects of Simulated Airplane Cabin Noise on In-Flight Meal Perception in the Brain Using Electroencephalography

Lim,

Kim,

Lee

et al. 2024

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“…Finally -to date -many studies investigated electrophysiological correlates (EEG/ERPs) of AB for food in people with obesity compared to people with a healthy weight (e.g., Biehl et al, 2020;Hardman et al, 2021;Iceta et al, 2020;McGeown & Davis, 2018;Woltering et al, 2021;Yao et al, 2022). Most of these studies, though, focused on (food) target-selection attentional mechanisms (e.g., Imperatori et al, 2015;Yong Liu et al, 2022;Yoshikawa et al, 2014), rather than (food) distractor-suppression attentional mechanisms (e.g., Donofry et al, 2019;Smeets et al, 2008;2009).…”

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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), overweight and obesity are defined as abnormal and/or excessive fat accumulation that may lead to life-long health complications, and it is typically quantified using the Body Mass Index (BMI). More specifically, a person with a BMI between 18.5 and 24.9 is considered to be healthy-weight, between 25 and 30 overweight, and over 30 obese. The obesity epidemic is globally recognized as a health crisis, threatening not only people's physical and mental health, but also governments' economies and health care systems. Obesity significantly increases the risk of severe health complications such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and mental health problems (e.g., depressive disorder, eating disorders; Caleyachetty et al., 2017;Danaei et al., 2009). According to a recent report of the World Health Organization (WHO), obesity has nearly tripled since 1975, with almost 2 billion adults with overweight and over 650 million with obesity (WHO, 2017). This amounts to 39% of the adult world population with overweight and 13% with obesity. Moreover, the same report estimated that 41 million children under the age of 5 years old suffer from overweight and/or obesity in 2016. The prevalence of overweight and obesity among adolescents (5-17 y. o.) has also risen dramatically from 4% in 1975 to over 18% in 2016. Therefore, in the year 2018, the estimated annual medical cost for the treatment and prevention of obesity was approximately $147 billion. Importantly, a crucial contributing factor to the obesity pandemic is the so-called obesogenic environment. The current Western environment is considered obesogenic, as people are surrounded by high caloric palatable foods, jobs require less physical effort, and not much time is left for sports and fitness (Hill et al., 2005;Morland & Evenson, 2009;Small, 2009). So, it is hard to stay or become lean in this obesogenic environment (Wadden et al., 2002). However, despite sharing the same environment, not everyone becomes CHAPTER 2 More complex than you might think: Neural representations of food reward value in obesity

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