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ArticlePsychonomic bulletin & review2025

Tuning the value of sweet food: Blocking sweet taste receptors increases the devaluation effect in a go/no-go task.

Toni Cunillera, Neus Nuño, Marc Ballestero-Arnau, Borja Rodríguez-Herreros, Cristina Rodríguez-Jiménez, Mercè Pallàs

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Toni CunilleraDepartment of Cognition, Development and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Universitat de Barcelona, Pg. Vall d'Hebron 171, 08035, Barcelona, Spain. tcunillera@ub.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1768-5910
Neus NuñoDepartment of Cognition, Development and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Universitat de Barcelona, Pg. Vall d'Hebron 171, 08035, Barcelona, Spain.
Marc Ballestero-ArnauDepartment of Cognition, Development and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Universitat de Barcelona, Pg. Vall d'Hebron 171, 08035, Barcelona, Spain.
Borja Rodríguez-HerrerosService Des Troubles du Spectre de L'Autisme Et Apparentés, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, 1011, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Cristina Rodríguez-JiménezDepartment of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitat de Barcelona, Campus Diagonal, Joan XXIII, 27-31, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.
Mercè PallàsInstitute of Neurosciences (UBNeuro), Universitat de Barcelona, 08035, Barcelona, Spain.

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Abstract

Despite the apparent simplicity of the go/no-go (GNG) task, in which individuals selectively respond or withhold responses, there is strong evidence supporting its efficacy in terms of modulating food preferences. Herein, we manipulated sweet taste perception and investigated the no-go devaluation effect that is typically observed due to GNG training with respect to sweet and savory food items. Prior to engaging in a GNG task, one group of participants rinsed their mouths with a liquid solution containing gymnemic acid, thereby transiently and selectively inhibiting sweet taste perception, while another group used a placebo solution. The participants who rinsed their mouths with gymnemic acid exhibited a stronger overall decrease in food evaluations from pre to post training. Furthermore, a pronounced no-go devaluation effect was observed for sweet foods, irrespective of the rinsing solution. Overall, our results support the notion that training in the GNG task can induce changes in the valuation of food stimuli, particularly for sweet foods.

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Food PreferencesInhibition, PsychologicalTasteTaste PerceptionAdultFemaleHumansMaleYoung AdultGo/no-goGymnemic acidInhibitory functionMacronutrientsValue-updating

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PMID40000597
PMCPMC12325463

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