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Gamified Working Memory Training in Overweight Individuals Reduces Food Intake but Not Body Weight by Fania C.M. Dassen; Katrijn Houben; Gerard J.P. Van Breukelen; Anita Jansen is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
Working Memory (WM) plays a crucial role in successful self-regulation of behavior, including weight regulation. Improving WM might therefore be a promising strategy to support weight loss. In the present study, overweight individuals with a desire to lose weight (N=91) received an online lifestyle intervention, in conjunction with either 25 sessions of gamified WM training (experimental condition) or a sham training (control). Primary outcomes were Body Mass Index (BMI) and food intake at posttest. Secondary outcomes were executive functioning, self-control, eating style, eating psychopathology and healthy eating. Data were analyzed with mixed regression analyses with condition as between-subjects factor (experimental versus control) and time as within-subjects factor (baseline, posttest, FU1 after one month and FU2 after six months). Results revealed that the experimental condition increased their WM span more than control from pretest to posttest, and these gains were retained at FU1, though lost at FU2. No transfer effects of WM training to other executive functioning measures were found. During the bogus taste test at posttest, participants in the experimental condition consum
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- Author
- Fania C.M. Dassen; Katrijn Houben; Gerard J.P. Van Breukelen; Anita Jansen
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)