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- In particular, evidence from numerous laboratory studies has shown that engaging in a range of visual tasks can reduce food cravings. For example, imagining a series of non-food scenes (e.g., a rainbow) has been shown to reduce cravings for food in general (16) and for chocolate in particular (24).
www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2014.00193/fullA role for mental imagery in the experience and reduction of ...
Aug 1, 2018 · These findings show that cognitive defusion and guided imagery are useful for dealing with naturally occurring cravings across a range of foods, and can reduce craving-related consumption in everyday life.
- Brief guided imagery and body scanning interventions reduce ...
Research has found that imagery techniques such as body...
- Brief guided imagery and body scanning interventions reduce ...
Jan 5, 2015 · Over the past decade, a growing body of literature has highlighted a key role for mental imagery in the experience and reduction of food cravings. Experimental and survey data have shown that when people crave, they have vivid images of the desired food, including how delicious it looks and how good it tastes and smells (11 – 14).
Dec 1, 2013 · Research has found that imagery techniques such as body scanning and guided imagery can reduce the occurrence of food thoughts. This study tested the prediction that these techniques also reduce craving.
- Jonathan Hamilton, Sophie Fawson, John May, Jackie Andrade, David J. Kavanagh
- 2013
While both avoidant and approach-oriented guided imagery approaches may be effective at reducing food cravings, the empirical questions regarding how and why food cravings change after exposure to guided imagery using both approaches appear vast.
- Peter Giacobbi, Dustin Long, Richard Nolan, Samantha Shawley, Kelsey Johnson, Ranjita Misra
- 10.1007/s10865-017-9876-5
- 2018
- 2018/02
Dec 1, 2013 · This paper focuses specifically on cravings for food, and the role of mental imagery in the experience and reduction of such cravings, and critically evaluates the practical significance of imagery-based craving reduction interventions.
Oct 28, 2016 · Imagined food consumption is a method of elaborately imagining oneself eating a specific food that, when repeated 30 times, has been shown to decrease subsequent intake of the same food. The technique relies on a memory-based habituation process when behavioral and motivational responses to a stimulus decrease after its repeated presentation.
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Jan 1, 2014 · Results of this initial study suggest that an experimental mental imagery induction of craving for healthy food leads to an increase in healthy craving and motivation to eat healthily.
