Food Macronutrient Composition Influences Attentional Bias Toward Food Cues.

ABSTRACT: Food cues that appear in the visual field capture our attention easily and can influence eating behavior. The current study investigated the influence of food-related stimuli on visual attention, considering the macronutrient composition of food items. Images representing sweet and savory foods were employed, the latter consisting primarily of high-protein foods. The participants were primed with these images prior to performing the attentional task. We found that both sets of food images elicited an emotional attentional blink (EAB), but a stronger EAB was observed for the high-protein foods, and this observation was further supported by a negative correlation between the attentional bias (ABias) and the proportion of protein consumed by the participants before the experiment, with partic

SUBMITTER: Ballestero-Arnau M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12926628 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature