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ArticleEuropean eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association2025

Noshing on Chocolate, I Can Do That: Increased Chocolate Consumption in the Chocolate-Modified Bogus Taste Test With Better and Not Worse Inhibitory Control.

Philipp A Schroeder, Anton Ernst, Robert Wirth, Nils B Kroemer, Jennifer Svaldi

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Philipp A SchroederDepartment of Psychology, Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9941-6086
Anton ErnstDepartment of Psychology, Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Robert WirthDepartment of Psychology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Nils B KroemerGerman Center for Mental Health (DZPG), Partner Site Tübingen, Germany.
Jennifer SvaldiDepartment of Psychology, Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.

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Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChocolate is the most craved energy-dense food. Yet, most individuals can limit their chocolate consumption. Here, we investigate the cognitive mechanisms underlying chocolate consumption in a chocolate bogus taste test in a cross-sectional experimental design.

methodHigh chocolate cravers abstained from chocolate for a week, followed by a virtual reality chocolate exposure with biometric trajectory recordings of their stopping responses and an ad-libitum bogus taste test of spontaneous chocolate intake. A single-target implicit association task and a computerised stop-signal task served as unstandardised control tasks 1-2 days before chocolate intake.

resultsAssociations of parameters from all tasks with chocolate intake were small (|r| < 0.23). Elastic net models misestimated food intake by min. 160 kcal (generalisation: 180 kcal) and feature selection was only possible with L1 penalty. At the group level, participants showed a more controlled and delayed movement towards chocolate relative to neutral cues, evidenced by lower peak acceleration and peak velocity and faster stopping latency. DISCUSSION: The findings demonstrate the complex cognitive-behavioural underpinnings of food intake, food craving and abstinence.

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ChocolateFeeding BehaviorFood PreferencesInhibition, PsychologicalTasteAdultCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleYoung Adultbogus taste testchocolateinhibitory controlvirtual reality

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PMID40387146
PMCPMC12319143

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