Odor imagery but not perception drives risk for food cue reactivity and increased adiposity
Perszyk, E. E.; Davis, X. S.; Djordjevic, J.; Jones-Gotman, M.; Trinh, J.; Hutelin, Z.; Veldhuizen, M. G.; Koban, L.; Wager, T. D.; Kober, H.; Small, D. M.
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Mental imagery has been proposed to play a critical role in the amplification of cravings. Here we tested whether olfactory imagery drives food cue reactivity strength to promote adiposity in 45 healthy individuals. We measured odor perception, odor imagery ability, and food cue reactivity using self-report, perceptual testing, and neuroimaging. Adiposity was assessed at baseline and one year later. Brain responses to real and imagined odors were analyzed with univariate and multivariate decoding methods to identify pattern-based olfactory codes. We found that the accuracy of decoding imagined, but not real, odor quality correlated with a perceptual measure of odor imagery ability and with greater adiposity changes. This latter relationship was mediated by cue-potentiated craving and intake. Collectively, these findings establish odor imagery ability as a risk factor for weight gain and more specifically as a mechanism by which exposure to food cues promotes craving and overeating.
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