Skip to main content

Table 2 Subjective levels of appetitive motive

From: Visual food stimulus changes resting oscillatory brain activities related to appetitive motive

 

Eye-closed session (before stimulation)

Visual stimulation session

Eye-closed session (after stimulation)

Food-picture experiment

34 ± 25

79 ± 17*

62 ± 26†,‡

Control experiment

37 ± 25

33 ± 28

32 ± 23

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± SD (n = 15)
  2. Participants were asked to rate their appetitive motive by using a visual analogue scale, ranging from none (0 mm) to maximum (100 mm)
  3. Two-way analyses of variance followed by paired t test with Bonferroni correction were performed. Main effect of experiment, P < 0.001; main effect of session, P < 0.001; experiment × session interaction effect, P < 0.001
  4. * P < 0.001 [visual stimulation session vs. eye-closed session (before stimulation)]
  5. † P = 0.007 [visual stimulation session vs. eye-closed session (after stimulation)]
  6. ‡ P = 0.001 [eye-closed session (before stimulation) vs. eye-closed session (after stimulation)]