Document type
ArticleVersion
Published versionPublication date
All rights reserved
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/66045
Is contextual-potentiated eating dependent on caloric density of food?
Journal Title
Director/Tutor
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Related resource
Abstract
One experiment tested whether a specific context could elicit eating in rats as a result of Pavlovian conditioning and whether this effect depended on the caloric density of food. Thirty two deprived rats experienced two contexts. They had access to food in context A, but no food was available in context B. During conditioning, half of the animals received high density caloric food (HD groups) whereas the other half, low density caloric food (LD groups). Then, half of the rats in each type of food group was tested in context A and the other half in context B. The results demonstrated an effect of context conditioning only in HD groups. These findings suggest the relevance of both contextual conditioning and caloric density of food in eating behaviour. Implications for the aetiology of binge eating will be discussed.
Subject (English)
Citation
Citation
SANSA I AGUILAR, Joan, et al. Is contextual-potentiated eating dependent on caloric density of food?. Psicologica. 2009. Vol. 30, num. 2, pags. 201-214. ISSN 0211-2159. [consulted: 7 of August of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/66045