Table 2.

Subjective levels of appetitive motive

	Eye-closed session (before stimulation)	Visual stimulation session	Eye-closed session (after stimulation)
Food-picture experiment	34 ± 25	79 ± 17*	62 ± 26†,‡
Control experiment	37 ± 25	33 ± 28	32 ± 23

Data are expressed as mean ± SD (n = 15)

Participants were asked to rate their appetitive motive by using a visual analogue scale, ranging from none (0 mm) to maximum (100 mm)

Two-way analyses of variance followed by paired t test with Bonferroni correction were performed. Main effect of experiment, P < 0.001; main effect of session, P < 0.001; experiment × session interaction effect, P < 0.001

* P < 0.001 [visual stimulation session vs. eye-closed session (before stimulation)]

^† P = 0.007 [visual stimulation session vs. eye-closed session (after stimulation)]

^‡ P = 0.001 [eye-closed session (before stimulation) vs. eye-closed session (after stimulation)]