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Participants\u2019 event-related potential (ERP) responses were measured as they passively viewed the same food and non-food images repeatedly. The ERP analysis results from trial groups within a session over time indicated that repeated exposure to the same image has a distinct effect on the brain\u2019s attentional responses to food and non-food images. The brain response modulated by motivation and attention decreases over time, and it is significant in the 170\u2013300 ms onset time window for low-calorie images and 180\u2013330 ms onset time window for non-food images in the parietal region of the brain. However, the modulation to high-calorie images remains sustained over time within the session. Furthermore, the ERP results show that high-calorie images have a slower rate of declination than low-calorie images, followed by non-food images. In conclusion, our ERP study showed that a habituation-like mechanism modulates attention to repeated low-calorie and non-food images, whereas high-calorie images have a negligible effect. High-energy foods have a larger reward value, which increases prolonged attention and reduces the process of habituation. 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