EEG Activity during Relaxation and Food Imagery

Tyler S. Lorig; Gary E. Schwartz

doi:10.2190/V87X-BPB3-HM1G-FE4R

EEG Activity during Relaxation and Food Imagery

Tyler S. Lorig, Gary E. Schwartz

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EEG activity was recorded in nine volunteer subjects while they engaged in eight cognitive tasks. The tasks involved mental arithmetic, relaxation imagery, food imagery and imagery related to “neutral” stimuli (bicycle and automobile). Period analysis of the EEG indicated significant differences in EEG factor activity related to tension and anxiety for the subtraction, relaxation and food imagery trials. Imagery of heaviness and the subject's favorite dessert produced EEG factor activity most characteristic of relaxation. Results of this study are discussed in terms of the relation of odor to food imagery and the ecological validity of the use of food imagery in relaxation training.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	201-208
Number of pages	8
Journal	Imagination, Cognition and Personality
Volume	8
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2190/V87X-BPB3-HM1G-FE4R
State	Published - Mar 1989
Externally published	Yes

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Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Psychology (miscellaneous)
Cognitive Neuroscience

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