The role of implicit wanting in relation to explicit liking and wanting for food: Implications for appetite control

• Published in: Appetite Vol. 50; no. 1; pp. 120 - 127
• Main Authors: Finlayson, Graham, King, Neil, Blundell, John
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 2008; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; appetite; Appetite control; Appetite Regulation; Biological and medical sciences; body mass index; Eating; Eating - psychology; eating habits; emotions; Energy Intake; facial expressions; Feeding. Feeding behavior; Female; food choices; food intake; Food Preferences; Food Preferences - psychology; Food reward; foods; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Hedonic; Homoeostatic; Humans; Implicit; Liking; Male; Medical sciences; Metabolic diseases; Middle Aged; Preference; psychology; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; satiety; test meals; Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems; Wanting; weight control; Preference; Appetite control; Food reward; Homoeostatic; Wanting; Implicit; Liking; Hedonic; Appetite; Feeding behavior; Nutrition; Psychology; Pleasure unpleasure; Surveillance; Psychopathology; Reward; Food

Eating is an action open to awareness by the individual; however, it cannot be claimed that processes that control the expression of eating habits are necessarily explicit. This distinction between implicit and explicit processes may enhance understanding of the expression of food reward (particular...