Alison Harpy
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I normally eat fairly well anyway, but this app has helped me kick a late-night snacking habit that I wanted to get rid of. Despite reading some explanations (and having a psychology degree) I don't fully understand why it works so well for me, but it does. I used it regularly for a few weeks and now just seem to need the occasional "revision" session.
University of Exeter
February 12, 2024
Thanks so much for your positive (and amusing!) review Alison. We think the app works by dampening down the automatic 'motor excitation' response that is elicited by rewards such as craved foods. The brain's attention, motor and reward networks seem to get less 'excited' by these foods following training making them easier to resist.
Luella Horton
It has a lot of potential. I'm excited to see how far this goes. A few suggestions ... Make it so we can add pictures of our own. This would help immensely for personalization. Make it more challenging, or even a totally different gameplay, like a maze or memory game. Give better "rewards" Fireworks and gold coins for getting it right or spiders and snakes for getting it wrong. Thanks to all the creators for the time and effort towards something that might someday be really amazing.
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University of Exeter
June 25, 2021
Many thanks for your excellent suggestions! We have been testing out a version that allows users to upload their own images so hope to share this soon. Our team and others' are also exploring different types of tasks and additional features to make the app more game-like and engaging.
Katelyn C
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I noticed a definite change in my "comfort snack" seeking behavior after a month of using the app. I like that this app is part of a scientific study. Recommendations: I'd love to see charts of my "stats" (speed, accuracy) over time. Also, the question prompts do not account for whether the food/drink I'm "craving" is a nourishing, healthy choice at an appropriate eating time (it often is, even before I started using the app). Updating the questions to reflect that would be helpful/interesting.
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University of Exeter
April 1, 2022
Thanks for your valuable suggestions. We'll see what we can do with our next app upgrade!