Sensory-Specific Satiation With a Pinched Nose and Eyes Closed: Testing the Sensory Modality Specificity of Satiation

Sensory-specific satiation refers to the decrease in pleasantness derived from a consumed food relative to other unconsumed foods. In the current study, it was investigated to what extent sensory-specific satiation is modality specific. To this end, 80 female participants ate a preferred snack until...

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Published in:Chemical senses 2014-02, Vol.39 (2), p.177-182
Main Authors: HAVERMANS, Remco C, MALLACH, Anna-Theresa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Eating - physiology
Female
Food
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Olfaction. Taste
Olfactory Perception - physiology
Perception
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychophysics
Satiation - physiology
Sensory Deprivation - physiology
Smell - physiology
Taste - physiology
Vision
Vision, Ocular - physiology
Visual Perception - physiology
Young Adult
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Summary:Sensory-specific satiation refers to the decrease in pleasantness derived from a consumed food relative to other unconsumed foods. In the current study, it was investigated to what extent sensory-specific satiation is modality specific. To this end, 80 female participants ate a preferred snack until full while wearing (or not wearing) a blindfold and/or a nose clip. Impaired vision should impede satiation for the appearance of the consumed test snack. Obstructing olfaction should undermine satiation for the smell of the test snack. Indeed, when vision was obstructed, hedonic ratings of specifically snack appearance did not decrease as much. When olfaction was blocked, the hedonic ratings for the flavor of the test snack did not show as much of a reduction. It is concluded that, to a degree, sensory-specific satiation is indeed modality specific.
ISSN:0379-864X
1464-3553
DOI:10.1093/chemse/bjt071