Abstract Mindfulness, commonly associated with Buddhism, refers to the state of being aware, taking note of what is going on within oneself and outside of the world. In the current research, we examine the possible impact of mindfulness on willingness to try insect foods. We present the results of three studies—one correlational and two experimental—illustrating that mindfulness increases disgust and lowers willingness to try eating insects. On the one hand, this counters existing literature that mindfulness reduces emotional reactivity. On the other hand, it is in-line with mindfulness making one more aware and accepting of present and incoming information, which would conceivably include context-relevant emotions such as disgust in the case of eating insects that Western cultures see as disgusting. Our findings support the latter possibility. We situate our work within the literature on the various impacts of mindfulness on food choice. We also discuss implications for food sustainability practitioners.

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正念和尝试昆虫作为食物的意愿：厌恶的作用

摘要 正念，通常与佛教有关，是指一种觉知的状态，注意自己和世界之外正在发生的事情。在当前的研究中，我们研究了正念对尝试昆虫食物的意愿可能产生的影响。我们展示了三项研究的结果——一项相关性研究和两项实验性研究——表明正念会增加厌恶感并降低尝试吃昆虫的意愿。一方面，这与现有文献相反，即正念会降低情绪反应。另一方面，它与正念一致，使人们更加了解和接受当前和传入的信息，可以想象，其中包括与上下文相关的情绪，例如在吃西方文化认为恶心的昆虫的情况下的厌恶。我们的研究结果支持后一种可能性。我们将我们的工作置于有关正念对食物选择的各种影响的文献中。我们还讨论了对食品可持续性从业者的影响。