Psychological Science ›› 2016, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (4): 956-963.

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The Energy Effect of Food Processing Among Successful and Unsuccessful Restrained Eaters: An Eye Movement Study about Attention Bias

  

  • Received:2015-11-01 Revised:2016-03-02 Online:2016-07-20 Published:2016-07-20

成功与失败限制性饮食者对食物加工的能量效应:注意偏向的眼动追踪

张雪萌1,陈红2,高笑1,江沂芯1,周一舟2   

  1. 1. 西南大学心理学部
    2. 西南大学
  • 通讯作者: 陈红

Abstract: Base on the incentive sensitization model, reward-related cues in the environment, acquire motivational properties, or incentive salience, through classical conditioning (i.e., repeated association between the cue and intake of the rewarding substance). Consequently, these cues come to be perceived as attractive and “wanted.” As a result, reward-related cues automatically capture (i.e., bias) attention, stimulate craving, and guide behavior toward substance acquisition and consumption. For the success or failure of restrained eating is caused by the attention bias toward food. The goal of the present study was to investigate components of the attention bias toward food among successful restrained eaters(S-REs), unsuccessful restrained eaters(US-REs), and unrestrained eaters(UREs). We hypothesized that when high or low calorie food pictures match with non-food, S-REs and US-REs would show vigilance-avoid pattern to follow the diet goal. While high and low calorie food pictures match, due to increased food temptation, US-REs would show vigilance-maintenance pattern, but S-REs have enhanced inhibition ability also show vigilance-avoid pattern. The research use eye movement (EM) tracking assessed biases in specific component processes of visual attention (i.e., orientation, detection, and maintenance of gaze) in relation to high and low calorie food pictures. Through The Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire, we were studied 30 women with S-REs, 30 women with US-REs and 30 women with UREs. What’s more the eye movements were recorded while participants completed a task that freedom to browse pictures pairs for 2000 ms. We use the high or low calorie food with non-food matching, besides we also use the high and low calorie food matching. When high or low calorie food pictures match with non-food, S-REs show vigilance-avoid pattern that is speed detection, early and total avoid bias toward high calorie food. US-REs show avoid - maintenance pattern that they were less likely to direct their initial gaze toward high calorie food, but once noticed appears to maintenance bias. UREs only showed early avoid bias toward low calorie food. Specifically, S-REs had a shorter first fixation duration on high calorie food pictures compared to US-REs. While high and low calorie food pictures match, S-REs show vigilance- maintenance pattern that they have early orienting and maintenance bias toward high calorie food. US-REs show vigilance- maintenance pattern that is early orienting and maintenance even total maintenance bias toward high calorie food. UREs also show vigilance- maintenance pattern that who have early orienting and speed detection even total maintenance bias toward high calorie food. Specifically, compared to US-REs, S-REs had a shorter total gaze duration on high calorie food pictures. In sum, we found the energy effect of food information processing among S-REs and US-REs. The results showed S-REs and US-REs had different attention bias pattern toward high calorie food pictures. Eye movement evidence indicated that all participant showed more attention to high calorie food rather than low calorie food, it means restrained eater(REs) prefer high calorie food. Besides compare with S-REs, US-REs showed more attention to high calorie food, but less attention to low calorie food. In the future study, we should intervening participant’s attention bias toward high calorie food to promote the success of the restrained eating.

Key words: successful restrained eaters, unsuccessful restrained eaters, food energy, attention bias, eye-movements

摘要: 本研究通过眼动追踪考察两类限制性饮食者对食物注意偏向的成分。在高低能量食物分别和非食物配对时,成功者对高能量存在注意警觉(加速探测)-回避(早期和总体的回避)模式;失败者对高能量存在注意回避(早期定向回避)-维持(早期维持)模式,即在早期注意更少的定向于高能量,但一旦注意到就出现维持偏向。在高低能量配对时,成功者对高能量注意警觉(早期定向)-维持(早期维持);失败者对高能量注意警觉(早期定向)-维持(早期、总体的维持) 。总体上,我们发现了不同亚类限制性饮食者对食物线索加工的能量效应,即失败者比成功者对高能量食物注意更多的眼动证据。

关键词: 成功限制性饮食者, 败限制性饮食者, 食物能量, 注意偏向, 眼动追踪