Neural responsiveness to Chinese versus Western food images: An functional magnetic resonance imaging study of Chinese young adults

ABSTRACT: Cross-cultural studies suggest that people typically prefer to eat familiar foods from their own culture rather than foreign foods from other cultures. On this basis, it is plausible that neural responsiveness elicited by palatable food images from one’s own culture differ from those elicited by food depictions from other cultures. Toward clarifying this issue, we examined neural activation and self-report responses to indigenous (Chinese) versus Western food images among young Chinese adults. Participants (33 women, 33 men) viewed Chinese food, Western food and furniture control images during a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scan and then rated the images on “liking,” “wanting,” and “difficult resisting.” Analyses indicated there were no significant differences in self-repor

SUBMITTER: Xu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9411937 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature