How eating behavior, food stimuli and gender may affect visual attention – An eye tracking study

Hummel, Gerrit; Ehret, Janine; Zerweck, Iris A.; Winter, Sara Salazar; Stroebele‐Benschop, Nanette

doi:10.1016/j.eatbeh.2018.08.002

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“…For example, Husted et al [16] reported that higher levels of EE were related to slower responses to food pictures, indicating a food-target avoidance according to the authors. In contrast, another study showed increased attentional capture by food cues among women with high versus low levels of EE, as measured using eye-tracking [17].…”

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The effect of mood on food versus non-food interference among females who are high and low on emotional eating

2021

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Background Emotional eating refers to overeating triggered by emotional experiences and may cause significant psychological distress and health problems. Thus, it is important to better understand its underlying mechanisms. The study examined if the ability to ignore task-irrelevant information, namely, interference control, is modulated by mood and exposure to food stimuli among females who are high and low on emotional eating. Method The study’s sample included 80 women who were high (N = 40) or low (N = 40) on an emotional eating scale. Participants were divided to a negative or neutral mood induction group. Following the mood induction, they completed a food-flanker task that allowed assessing attentional interference caused by food and non-food stimuli separately. Results The low emotional eating group had significantly greater food compared to non-food interference, suggesting difficulty at ignoring food stimuli while attending a neutral target. In the high emotional eating group, there was no difference between food and non-food interference. However, higher levels of emotional eating predicted lower levels of food interference. Conclusion The pattern of results suggests a food-avoidance attentional tendency among those with higher levels of emotional eating. The mood manipulation did not influence food-related interference in either group. The lack of an effect of mood on food-related interference questions the impact of negative emotions on basic attentional processes among individuals with emotional eating.

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The effect of mood on food versus non-food interference among females who are high and low on emotional eating

2021

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“…1). Participants were instructed to look at the fixation cross at the start of each trial and then freely explore the following stimuli presented (Hummel et al, 2018;Schag et al, 2013;Schmidt et al, 2016). There were a total of 20 trials during the task, and the selection of food items contained both sweet and savoury foods, such as burgers and cakes (HED foods) and broccoli and bell peppers (LED foods).…”

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Exploring Mindfulness and Mindful Eating and Visual Attention Towards Food Cues: Preliminary Findings

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Continual exposure to energy dense foods is suggested to promote overeating and obesity. The aim of the present research was to explore whether or not mindfulness could reduce visual attention towards food cues. In two laboratory studies, participants with a normal weight range completed an eye-tracking paradigm, and their eye-movements were recorded. In study 1, participants were exposed to either mindfulness meditation or a control condition, and their eye-movements towards low energy density (LED) vs high energy density (HED) food cues were measured. In study 2, participants were assigned to a mindful eating condition using a Mindful Construal Diary (MCD) or a control condition, and their eye-movements towards LED or HED food vs. non-food cues were recorded. In study 1, participants in the mindfulness meditation condition had greater attention duration towards LED food cues, whilst those in the control condition exhibited greater attention duration towards HED food cues. In study 2, there were no significant differences in the maintenance of attentional biases towards food cues between the two conditions. Mindfulness meditation may be beneficial in increasing attention towards LED food cues. Future research should further explore the effect of mindfulness and mindful eating on visual attention towards food cues with people who suffer from excess weight or have obesity, and also within naturalistic settings.

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“…Mobile eye-trackers are wearable, glass-shaped eye-trackers, which are used to record the eye-movements of the participants completing tasks in real situations. Mobile eye-trackers are widely used in food science to assess package attributes (Varela et al, 2014), nutritional label use (Mach ın et al, 2019), preferences for organic labels (Meyerding and Merz, 2018), the influence of eating behaviour on visual attention (Hummel et al, 2018), the influence of the arrangement of different food images on participants' attention (Hummel et al, 2017), product displays (Radon et al, 2021), just to name some key aspects. A more detailed introduction to the application of eye-tracking in consumer perception of food was published by the authors earlier (Kov acs et al, 2016).…”

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Virtual reality applications in food science. Current knowledge and prospects

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Virtual reality (VR) offers a new instrument for food scientists to evaluate different aspects of food products. The possible applications range from product design testing, evaluation of the labels, effects of different placements or the evaluation of store layouts. These analyses help us to get a deeper understanding of consumers' minds. Additionally, VR can be coupled by several different tools (e.g. eye-trackers or skin conductance sensors or even electroencephalographs). However, as there have been only a limited number of applications published, there are several open questions which need to be answered. In the presented paper the authors aim i) to introduce the current knowledge on VR applications in food science by introducing several fields of applications and ii) to point out the most important questions regarding the applications of VR in food science.

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How eating behavior, food stimuli and gender may affect visual attention – An eye tracking study

Cited by 29 publications

References 59 publications

The effect of mood on food versus non-food interference among females who are high and low on emotional eating

The effect of mood on food versus non-food interference among females who are high and low on emotional eating

Exploring Mindfulness and Mindful Eating and Visual Attention Towards Food Cues: Preliminary Findings

Virtual reality applications in food science. Current knowledge and prospects

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