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ArticleBehavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Effects of Multisensory Environmental Cues on Food Craving, Healthy Food Preference, and Stress-Related Recovery.

Lu Zhang, Shulan Yu, Qi Li

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Article in Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Lu ZhangCollege of Furnishings and Industrial Design, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China.
Shulan YuCollege of Furnishings and Industrial Design, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0368-157X
Qi LiBeijing Key Laboratory of Learning and Cognition, Department of Psychology, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emotional eating (EE) is associated with poor dietary quality and weight gain among university students. Therefore, exploring innovative, non-invasive interventions to support healthier food-related responses is essential. While multisensory environments show promise in influencing food-related responses, their effectiveness in managing stress-induced EE remains understudied. Grounded in the Environment-Organism-Health (EOH) model, this study used an immersive virtual reality (VR) platform and recruited 49 Chinese university students. After emotional induction tasks, participants were randomly assigned to VR campus environments with varying wall colors and environmental sounds. The study combined physiological indicators and subjective questionnaires to evaluate the effects of color-sound combinations on emotional responses, physiological recovery, food preferences, and food cravings. Food preference was assessed via an image-selection task, and food healthiness was rated by an expert panel (

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emotional eatingfood cravingfood preferencemultisensory environmentvirtual reality (VR)

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PMID42792271
PMCPMC13603129

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