Exploring the spatial mental associations of distinct food types

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dc.contributor.author Gökçe, Ahu
dc.contributor.author Gokce, Ahu
dc.contributor.other Psychology
dc.date.accessioned 2024-06-23T21:38:07Z
dc.date.available 2024-06-23T21:38:07Z
dc.date.issued 2024
dc.department Kadir Has University en_US
dc.department-temp [Okur, Betul; Gokce, Ahu] Kadir Has Univ, Dept Psychol, Cibali Mah Hisaralti Cad 17, TR-34083 Istanbul, Turkiye en_US
dc.description.abstract Previous research explored the spatial representations of healthy low -calorie and unhealthy high -calorie food items, revealing an association of healthy low -calorie food with left and top sides, and unhealthy/high-calorie food with right and top sides. This association, namely side bias, was limited to these specific categories leaving the representations of healthy high -calorie and unhealthy low -calorie food categories yet to be explored. Present study was designed to examine the spatial representation of four food categories (unhealthy low -calorie, unhealthy high -calorie, healthy low -calorie, healthy high -calorie) using a computerized food placement task. In Experiment 1, participants placed four food items from different categories into eight locations. In Experiment 2, identical task was used with the addition of centrally presented anchor food item to investigate the mental representation of food items in relation to each other. The frequency of placing food items in specific spatial locations were measured. The results of Experiment 1 provided partial support for side bias. However, the use of anchor items in Experiment 2 provided compelling evidence for vertical side bias, demonstrating consistent pattern of placing healthy foods on the upper sides and unhealthy foods on the lower sides. In both experiments, real -life food choices were examined to investigate whether the high -calorie bias would be observed in actual food choice behavior. The results from both experiments indicated strong preference to select high -calorie foods, supporting high -calorie bias. Overall, this study extends the evidence on the spatial representations of distinct food categories. en_US
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dc.identifier.doi 10.1016/j.appet.2024.107337
dc.identifier.issn 0195-6663
dc.identifier.issn 1095-8304
dc.identifier.pmid 38579980
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dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2024.107337
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/5744
dc.identifier.volume 198 en_US
dc.identifier.wos WOS:001225507100001
dc.identifier.wosquality Q1
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Academic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltd en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategory Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı en_US
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess en_US
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dc.subject Spatial -mental associations en_US
dc.subject Food placement task en_US
dc.subject (un)healthy foods en_US
dc.subject Low -and high -calorie foods en_US
dc.subject Side bias en_US
dc.subject High -calorie bias en_US
dc.title Exploring the spatial mental associations of distinct food types en_US
dc.type Article en_US
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