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Mechanisms of Choice Behavior Shift Using Cue-approach Training

Bakkour, Akram ; Leuker, Christina ; Hover, Ashleigh M ; Giles, Nathan ; Poldrack, Russell A ; Schonberg, Tom

Frontiers in psychology, 2016-03, Vol.7, p.421-421 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Switzerland: Frontiers Research Foundation

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  • Título:
    Mechanisms of Choice Behavior Shift Using Cue-approach Training
  • Autor: Bakkour, Akram ; Leuker, Christina ; Hover, Ashleigh M ; Giles, Nathan ; Poldrack, Russell A ; Schonberg, Tom
  • Assuntos: Attention ; behavioral change ; Choice (Psychology) ; cue-approach training ; eyetracking ; Psychological research ; Psychology ; Snack foods ; Value-based Decision Making
  • É parte de: Frontiers in psychology, 2016-03, Vol.7, p.421-421
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    Edited by: Hannes Ruge, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
    Reviewed by: Ian Krajbich, Ohio State University, USA; Poppy Watson, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
    This article was submitted to Cognition, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychology
  • Descrição: Cue-approach training has been shown to effectively shift choices for snack food items by associating a cued button-press motor response to particular food items. Furthermore, attention was biased toward previously cued items, even when the cued item is not chosen for real consumption during a choice phase. However, the exact mechanism by which preferences shift during cue-approach training is not entirely clear. In three experiments, we shed light on the possible underlying mechanisms at play during this novel paradigm: (1) Uncued, wholly predictable motor responses paired with particular food items were not sufficient to elicit a preference shift; (2) Cueing motor responses early - concurrently with food item onset - and thus eliminating the need for heightened top-down attention to the food stimulus in preparation for a motor response also eliminated the shift in food preferences. This finding reinforces our hypothesis that heightened attention at behaviorally relevant points in time is key to changing choice behavior in the cue-approach task; (3) Crucially, indicating choice using eye movements rather than manual button presses preserves the effect, thus demonstrating that the shift in preferences is not governed by a learned motor response but more likely via modulation of subjective value in higher associative regions, consistent with previous neuroimaging results. Cue-approach training drives attention at behaviorally relevant points in time to modulate the subjective value of individual items, providing a mechanism for behavior change that does not rely on external reinforcement and that holds great promise for developing real world behavioral interventions.
  • Editor: Switzerland: Frontiers Research Foundation
  • Idioma: Inglês

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