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Image Memory For Hyperpalatable Foods In University Aged Females, Leila M. Mackay
Image Memory For Hyperpalatable Foods In University Aged Females, Leila M. Mackay
Brescia Psychology Undergraduate Honours Theses
Hyperpalatable foods are high in sugar and/or fat and highly processed. These foods increase dopamine in the brain similar to other rewards, such as drugs of abuse, producing pleasure and an enhanced drive to consume them. Undergraduate students (n = 44) completed an explicit memory task where they were asked if they recalled various types of food (high sugar, high fat, sugar+fat, fruits, vegetables and breads) and non-food images. Questionnaires evaluating eating patterns were also completed. It was hypothesized that hyperpalatable foods would be recalled better and faster than less-palatable foods or non-food images. The study found that hyperpalatable …
Exploring Neural Entrainment And Beat Perception Through Movement, Sarah M. Schwanz
Exploring Neural Entrainment And Beat Perception Through Movement, Sarah M. Schwanz
Brescia Psychology Undergraduate Honours Theses
The way humans move to music has a large impact on how music is synchronized to, interpreted, and enjoyed. It is understood that movements to music aid in beat perception, and neural oscillations have the ability to entrain to musical rhythms. This study attempted to link these two well-established phenomena by exploring the use of movement to simple and complex musical rhythms to enhance neural entrainment. Ten undergraduate students engaged in 60 simple and complex musical rhythms, either tapping along to the beat or listening without movement, while undergoing EEG recording. Although the differences in brain response amplitude were not …