OBJECTIVE Previous studies have linked emotional eating with negative affect and decreased inhibitory control. However, studies on inhibitory control have generally focused on motor inhibition. How to stop higher-level cognitive processes, such as food-related memory retrieval or voluntary thoughts, received few direct investigation in field of food intake or food-related decision making. The current study, adopting Anderson and Green's Think/No-Think paradigm, aimed to investigate the relationship between emotional eating, negative affect and food-related memory suppression. METHOD Sixty-one young females participated in the current study, during which they finished food specific Think/No-Think task. Their positive and negative affect and eating style were measured using Positive Affect and Negative Affect Schedule and Dutch Eating Behavior Question. The reward value of the food item used in the Think/No-Think task was measured using liking and wanting ratings. RESULTS As hypothesized, negative affect and emotional eating were associated with decreased memory suppression of palatable food cues. Further analysis showed that higher emotional eating was associated with greater wanting only among the food items which were previously suppressed however remembered later. DISCUSSION The current study presents the first evidence that negative affect and emotional eating were associated with impaired memory suppression of palatable food cues, and it provided insight into the interaction between reward valuation for the food cues and hippocampal memory mechanisms during retrieval suppression.

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想吃东西很重要：负面情绪和情绪化饮食与食物线索的记忆抑制受损有关

目的 以前的研究将情绪化饮食与负面影响和抑制控制降低联系起来。然而，关于抑制控制的研究通常集中在运动抑制上。如何阻止更高层次的认知过程，例如与食物相关的记忆提取或自主思维，在食物摄入或与食物相关的决策领域很少受到直接研究。目前的研究采用 Anderson 和 Green 的 Think/No-Think 范式，旨在调查情绪化饮食、负面影响和与食物相关的记忆抑制之间的关系。方法 61 名年轻女性参与了当前的研究，在此期间她们完成了针对食物的 Think/No-Think 任务。他们的积极和消极影响以及饮食方式是使用积极影响和消极影响表和荷兰饮食行为问题来衡量的。Think/No-Think 任务中使用的食物项目的奖励价值是使用喜欢和想要的评级来衡量的。结果 正如假设的那样，负面影响和情绪化进食与可口食物线索的记忆抑制减少有关。进一步的分析表明，只有在先前被压制但后来被记住的食物中，更高的情绪化饮食与更大的需求有关。讨论 目前的研究提出了第一个证据，即负面情绪和情绪化饮食与可口食物线索的记忆抑制受损有关，