There are methodological complexities with the supraliminal-lexical versions of the modified versions of the Stroop tests that could be responsible for inconsistencies across the literature (Field & Cox, 2007). Objectives. We tested whether a combination of subliminal-pictorial and classic Stroop test can differentiate between dieters’ and non-dieters’ Food Attentional Bias (FAB). Methodology. Participants were dieters(N=30) and non-dieters(N=32) who were tested three hours after having a meal. There were 24 pairs of high- and low-calorie food pictures presented for 32ms before the appearance of a congruent or an incongruent colour word, in response to which the participant pressed a colour-key as quickly-and-accurately as possible. Results. Colour-naming latencies and interference scores were calculated. Dieters showed slower RTs to incongruent colour words following high-calorie foods and larger FABs than non-dieters. Conclusions. The combi Stroop test has differential validy. Also, findings suggest that FAB can result from early allocation of dieters\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' attention to food-related stimuli.

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