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Color’s Indispensable Role in the Rapid Detection of Food

The detection of food is crucial for our survival and health. Earlier experimental psychological studies have demonstrated that participants detect food more rapidly than non-food stimuli. However, it remains unknown whether color, which was shown to have various influences on food processing, can m...

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Autor principal: Sato, Wataru
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8653754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34899494
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.753654
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description The detection of food is crucial for our survival and health. Earlier experimental psychological studies have demonstrated that participants detect food more rapidly than non-food stimuli. However, it remains unknown whether color, which was shown to have various influences on food processing, can modulate the detection of food. To address this issue, a psychological experiment was conducted using a visual search paradigm in which photographs of food (fast food and Japanese food) and kitchen utensils were presented alongside images of non-food distractors (cars), with both color and gray images used. Participants used a key to indicate whether one item was different from the rest, and their reaction times (RTs) were measured. RTs for the detection of both food types were shorter than for the kitchen utensils when color images were used, but not when gray images were used; moreover, the RTs were slower for gray images than for color images for both food types but not for kitchen utensils. These results indicate that color facilitates rapid detection of food in the environment.
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spelling pubmed-86537542021-12-09 Color’s Indispensable Role in the Rapid Detection of Food Sato, Wataru Front Psychol Psychology The detection of food is crucial for our survival and health. Earlier experimental psychological studies have demonstrated that participants detect food more rapidly than non-food stimuli. However, it remains unknown whether color, which was shown to have various influences on food processing, can modulate the detection of food. To address this issue, a psychological experiment was conducted using a visual search paradigm in which photographs of food (fast food and Japanese food) and kitchen utensils were presented alongside images of non-food distractors (cars), with both color and gray images used. Participants used a key to indicate whether one item was different from the rest, and their reaction times (RTs) were measured. RTs for the detection of both food types were shorter than for the kitchen utensils when color images were used, but not when gray images were used; moreover, the RTs were slower for gray images than for color images for both food types but not for kitchen utensils. These results indicate that color facilitates rapid detection of food in the environment. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-11-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8653754/ /pubmed/34899494 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.753654 Text en Copyright © 2021 Sato. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Color’s Indispensable Role in the Rapid Detection of Food
title Color’s Indispensable Role in the Rapid Detection of Food
title_full Color’s Indispensable Role in the Rapid Detection of Food
title_fullStr Color’s Indispensable Role in the Rapid Detection of Food
title_full_unstemmed Color’s Indispensable Role in the Rapid Detection of Food
title_short Color’s Indispensable Role in the Rapid Detection of Food
title_sort color’s indispensable role in the rapid detection of food
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8653754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34899494
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.753654
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