The Nature and Persistence of Posthypnotic Suggestions' Effects on Food Preferences: An Online Study

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2022
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Zahedi, Anoushiravan
Akalin, Renin Öznur
Lawrence, Johanna E.
Baumann, Annika
Sommer, Werner
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Food preferences are crucial for diet-related decisions, which substantially impact individual health and global climate. However, the persistence of unfavorable food preferences is a significant obstacle to changing eating behavior. Here we explored the effects of posthypnotic suggestions (PHS) on food-related decisions by measuring food choices, subjective ratings, and indifference points. In Session 1, demographic data and hypnotic susceptibility of participants were assessed. In Session 2, following hypnosis induction, PHS aiming to increase the desirability of healthy food was delivered. Afterward, a task set was administrated twice, once when PHS was activated and once deactivated. The order of PHS activation was counterbalanced across participants. The task set included a liking-rating task for 170 pictures of different food items, followed by an online supermarket where participants were instructed to select enough food for a fictitious week of quarantining from the same item pool. After 1 week, Session 3 repeated Session 2 without hypnosis induction in order to assess the persistence of PHS. The crucial dependent measures were food choices, subjective ratings, and the indifference points as a function of time and PHS condition

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eating behavior \ food choice \ food preferences \ hypnosis \ online-supermarket \ posthypnotic suggestions
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Zahedi, A., Akalin, R. Ö., Lawrence, J. E., Baumann, A., & Sommer, W. (2022). The Nature and Persistence of Posthypnotic Suggestions’ Effects on Food Preferences: An Online Study. Frontiers in Nutrition, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2022.859656
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