Neurophysiological Effects Associated With Subliminal Conditioning of Appetite Motivations

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Journal Front Psychol

Date 2019 Mar 21

PMID 30890986

Citations 4

Authors

Micah Amd

Sylvain Baillet

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Abstract

When attempting to encourage eating, explicitly providing statements like "eating is pleasant" may produce little effect. This may be due to subjective, negatively-valenced narratives evoked by perception of the verb "eating" (e.g., → →), overriding any explicitly provided valence information. In our study, we presented eating-related verbs under subliminal visual conditions to mitigate the onset of -associated deliberation. Verbs were linked with neutral or positively valenced terms across independent blocks. Modulations of event-related magnetoencephalographic (MEG) components and parietal activations in the alpha range (8-12 Hz) illustrated a significant effect of valence during pre-lexical time windows. We found significantly greater saliva production and declarations of increasing hunger after eating-related verbs were linked with positive terms. Orally reported preferences did not vary between conditions.

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