Health & Nutrition
The fields of application, the one of nutrition and health is now central in our lab, among other because our societies are facing huge challenges regarding obesity and (un)healthy food. We also need to propose innovative interventions in order to maintain well-being and high quality of life among more vulnerable people.
A central tenet of this axis is that being exposed to emotions of various intensities and nature change the way we see, understand, and remember the world.The repetition of emotions of high intensity or of a specific nature will ultimately affect our health, which we always consider from the mental and the physical angle.Our research examines what happens immediately after someone has been exposed to an emotion (implicit processes). But we also try to understand what happens later on, including very long-term effect of being exposed to an emotion (explicit processes). We give a central role to personality factors that can affect emotion attention, labeling or expression. For more than 20 years, we have studied the role of traits such as alexithymia or emotional competencies. We examine these traits in various contexts as each personality trait can strengthen or decrease cognitive, emotional, or behavioral responses only under specific circumstances. In the recent years, we have included the effects of hormones like oxytocin or testosterone.
See our Food 4 Gut Project:
Recent publications & In press & Preprints
2021
Broers, V., De Mol, J., Van den Broucke, S., & Luminet, O. Friend or foe? (2021). A qualitative study exploring the relationship of people with obesity and food consumption. Nutrition & Health, 27, 357-364. DOI: 10.1177/02601060211001488
Konrath, S., & Luminet, O. (2021). How induced self-focus versus other-focus affect emotional recognition and verbalization? Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science. DOI: 10.1007/s41809-021-00091-8
Leyrolle, Q., Cserjesi, R., Mulders, M.D.G.H., Zamariola, G., Hiel, S., Gianfrancesco, M.A., Portheault, D., Amadieu, C., Bindels, L.B., Leclercq, S., Rodriguez, J., Neyrinck, A.M., Cani, P.D., Lanthier, N., Trefois, P., Bindelle, J., Paquot, N., Cnop, M. , Thissen, J.P., Klein, O., Luminet, O., & Delzenne, N.M. (2021). Specific gut microbial, biological, and psychiatric profiling related to binge eating disorders: A cross-sectional study in obese patients. Clinical Nutrition, 40, 2035-2044. DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2020.09.025
Leyrolle, Q., Cserjesi, R., Mulders, M.D.G.H., Zamariola, G., Hiel, S., Gianfrancesco, M.A., Portheault, D., Amadieu, C., Bindels, L.B., Leclercq, S., Rodriguez, J., Neyrinck, A.M., Cani, P.D., Lanthier, N., Trefois, P., Bindelle, J., Paquot, N., Cnop, M. , Thissen, J.P., Klein, O., Luminet, O., & Delzenne, N.M. (2021). Prebiotic effect on mood in obese patients is determined by the initial gut microbiota composition: a randomized, controlled trial. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2021.01.014
2020
Broers, V., Van den Broucke, S., & Luminet, O. (2020). Determinants of prebiotic vegetable consumption: The extended Theory of Planned Behaviour. Archives of Public Health, 78. DOI: 10.1186/s13690-020-00408-z
Grynberg, D., Nandrino, J. L., Vermeulen, N., Luminet, O., Duclos, J., Goffinet, S., Dereau, J., Cottencin, O., & de Timary, P. (2020). Schadenfreude, malicious and benign envy are associated with low Body Mass Index in Restrictive-type Anorexia Nervosa. Eating and Weight Disorders, 25, 1071-1078. DOI : 10.1007/s40519-019-00731-7
Hiel, S., Gianfrancesco, M. A., Rodriguez, J., Portheault, D., Leyrolle, Q., Bindels, L. B., Mulders, M. D.G.H., Zamariola, G., Kalala, G., Pachikian, B. D., Amadieu, C., Neyrinck, A. M., Loumaye, A., Cani, P. D., Lanthier, N., Trefois, P., Klein, P., Luminet, O., Bindelle, J., Paquot, N., Cnop, M., Thissen, J. P., & and Delzenne, N. M. (2020). Link between gut microbiota and health outcomes in inulin -treated obese patients: Lessons from the Food4Gut multicenter randomized placebo-controlled trial. Clinical Nutrition. DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2020.04.005
2019
Broers, V., Van den Broucke, S., Taverne, C., & Luminet, O. (2019a). Investigating the conditions for the effectiveness of nudging: Cue-to-action nudging increases familiar vegetable choice. Food Quality and Preference, 71, 366-374. DOI :10.1016/j.foodqual.2018.08.010
Broers, V., Van den Broucke, S., Taverne, C., & Luminet, O. (2019b). Default-name and tasting nudges increase salsify soup choice without increasing overall soup choice. Appetite, 138, 204-214. DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2019.03.027.
Hiel, S., Bindels, L. B., Pachikian, B. D., Kalala, G., Broers, V., Zamariola, G., Chang, B. P. I., Kambashi, B., Rodriguez, J., Cani, P. D., Neyrinck, A. M., Thissen, J. P., Luminet, O., Bindelle, J., & Delzenne, N. M. (2019). Effects of a diet based on inulin-rich vegetables on gut health and nutritional behavior in healthy humans. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 109, 1683-1695. DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/nqz001
Our project in the press
Connaissez-vous le nudging? RTBF - 30/10/2019
La pomme de pin, la confession et le salsifi RTBF - 27/04/2019
La technique du «nudging» peut vous faire choisir le salsifis plutôt que les bonbons
La technique marketing du "nudging" peut inciter à consommer des aliments sains (Vivre Ici)
La technique marketing du "nudging" peut inciter à consommer des aliments sains (RTBF)
Luminet, O. & Zamariola, G. (2018). Biais attentionnel et obésité. Matière grise. RTBF.
