… the body scanning and guided imagery tasks could be helpful for people who are trying to
resist the cravings that occur during abstinence or reduction … While body scanning is a core …

… conditions were instructed to complete intervention diaries which involved using a brief
technique. To create the technique audio guides, the experimenter voice-recorded instructional …

… of the interventions upon craving, although overall, craving and … restricted to the Body Scan
and Guided Imagery conditions, … the relative salience of such long-term and short-term goals. …

… that 7 these techniques also reduce craving. We asked participants to abstain from food 8
overnight, and then to carry out 10 minutes of body scanning, guided imagery, or a control 9 …

… only immediate craving reduction effects following the use of imagery-… craving reduction
effects from a guided imagery intervention were not sustained beyond the actual intervention…

… cognitive defusion and guided imagery as effective, brief, and easy-to… breath focus, body
scan and self-directed or guided imagery … and guided imagery reduce naturalistic food cravings. …

… stimuli using functional magnetic resonance imaging. EFT is a brief stress reduction …
However, in the present study for all the pre-scans, there was relative activation in the superior …

… Research has suggested that performing a body scan creates competing imagery that
reduces cognitive capacity for the elaboration of craving imagery and thus desires to indulge in …

… components: a short example, an exercise and background information on the exercise. …
the body scan, meditation and deal with food cravings or thoughts about food cravings in an …

… They found that body scan reduced thoughts but not craving … that guided imagery would
reduce the vividness of imagery, … Second, the brief duration of the experimental interventions …