The effects of food craving and desire thinking on states of motivational challenge and threat and their physiological indices

摘要

PurposeFood craving has been shown to induce states of psychological challenge, indexed by increases in adrenaline but not cortisol production. The study aimed to test the relationship between challenge and (1) desire thinking (the active processing of the pleasant consequences of achieving a desired target and planning how to do so) and (2) craving.