The Cue-Approach Task as a General Mechanism for Long-Term Non-Reinforced Behavioral Change<strong></strong>

作者：Tom Salomon, Rotem Botvinik‐Nezer, Tony Gutentag, Rani Gera, Roni Iwanir, Maya Tamir, Tom Schönberg · 发表于：Preprints.org · 年份：2017 · DOI：10.20944/preprints201706.0094.v3 · 被引用次数：2 · 研究领域：Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies、Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods、Multisensory perception and integration

Recent findings show that preferences for food items can be modified without external-reinforcements using the cue-approach task. In the task, the mere association of food item images with a neutral auditory cue and a speeded button press, resulted in enhanced preferences for the associated stimuli. Here, in a series of 10 independent samples with a total of 255 participants, we show we can enhance preferences using this non-reinforced method for faces, fractals and affective images as well as snack foods, using auditory, visual and even aversive cues. This change was highly durable in follow-up sessions performed one to six months after training. Preferences were successfully enhanced for all conditions, except for negative valence items. These findings promote our understanding of non-reinforced change, suggest a boundary condition for the effect and lay the foundation for development of novel applications.