Testing the effectiveness of training to divert attention away from food

Testing the Effectiveness of Attention Bias Modification Training to Divert Attention from Food - Testing the Effectiveness of Attention Bias Modification Training for Food

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000054047

Enrollment

Registered

2024-04-03

Start date

2024-04-03

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Obesity

Interventions

Intervention group (Attention bias modification training group: distracting attention from food) Placebo group (random attention to food/neutral objects) Control group (no training)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: The study will include 30 participants who are between 18 and 65 years of age and have a BMI of less than 25 and 30 obese participants who have a BMI of 25 or more.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients who have been hospitalized, hospitalized, or treated with medication in the past or at the time of participation in the study due to underlying diseases or psychiatric symptoms will be excluded from the study.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
(1) Self-assessment scale (questionnaire) 1. Hunger and Satiety Scale 2. face items Gender, age, height, weight, tendency of eating behavior, etc. 3. Japanese version of the DEBQ scale 4. PANAS scale (Japanese translation of Watson et al., 1988) (2) Visual probe task In this task to measure attentional bias, two stimulus images are presented, one on each side of the screen, for 2 seconds after a 1-second presentation of the gazing point (+) in the center of the PC screen. The subject is then asked to press the button on the same side as the point displayed on either side of the screen. The stimulus image is a high-fat food (e.g., pizza) and the comparison image is a musical instrument. The subject's eye movements (gazing time) are also measured. The eye movements are measured using Tobbi's Pro Nano eye tracker. (3) Modified version of the visual probe task In this task for correcting attentional bias, the gazing point (+) in the center of the PC screen is presented for 0.5 seconds, and then two stimulus images are presented for 2 seconds, one on each side of the screen. The intervention group then has a point () appear at the location of the neutral image (instrument) on each trial to divert attention away from the high-lipid food image (e.g., pizza). For the placebo group, the position of the dot () will be randomized on a trial-by-trial basis. The subjects' eye movements (gazing time) will be measured during the trials. The eye movements will be measured using Tobii's Pro Nano eye tracker.	—

Measure

Time frame

(1) Self-assessment scale (questionnaire) 1. Hunger and Satiety Scale 2. face items Gender, age, height, weight, tendency of eating behavior, etc. 3. Japanese version of the DEBQ scale 4. PANAS scale (Japanese translation of Watson et al., 1988) (2) Visual probe task In this task to measure attentional bias, two stimulus images are presented, one on each side of the screen, for 2 seconds after a 1-second presentation of the gazing point (+) in the center of the PC screen. The subject is then asked to press the button on the same side as the point displayed on either side of the screen. The stimulus image is a high-fat food (e.g., pizza) and the comparison image is a musical instrument. The subject's eye movements (gazing time) are also measured. The eye movements are measured using Tobbi's Pro Nano eye tracker. (3) Modified version of the visual probe task In this task for correcting attentional bias, the gazing point (+) in the center of the PC screen is presented for 0.5 seconds, and then two stimulus images are presented for 2 seconds, one on each side of the screen. The intervention group then has a point (*) appear at the location of the neutral image (instrument) on each trial to divert attention away from the high-lipid food image (e.g., pizza). For the placebo group, the position of the dot (*) will be randomized on a trial-by-trial basis. The subjects' eye movements (gazing time) will be measured during the trials. The eye movements will be measured using Tobii's Pro Nano eye tracker.

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Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactJunko Kawahito

Kagawa University medical faculty

kawahito.junko@kagawa-u.ac.jp0878985111

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026