Content hungry: How the nutrition of food media influences social media engagement

While food texture is a major influencer of an individual’s perceived satiation and the amount of food they would consume, Cahayadi et al. (2020) decided to test its effects on snack intake. In this crossover trial, the 74 participants (31 females and 43 males) were given permission to eat as little or as much as […]

Although the processes behind the control of homeostatic feeding (required for basic metabolic processes and survival) and hedonic feeding (related to sensory perception or pleasure) are often considered separately, Rossi & Stuber (2018) believe there is a link between the two. Data indicate that many neural circuits that govern feeding behavior also are involved in […]