Effects of food form on appetite and energy intake in lean and obese young adults

While hedonic pleasure has been linked with brain function in the past, Berridge & Kringelbach (2011) explore new insights into how brains contribute to the hedonic aspect of sustained or frequent pleasure. Well-being and happiness have been reported to require both positive affect or pleasure (hedonia) and a sense of meaningfulness or engagement in life. […]

Associative conceptualization is crucial to our understanding of and interactions with our surroundings. Because odors have a strong emotional and episodic memory link, they can form particularly vivid and persistent associations. Wendelin et al. (2023) conducted their study to analyze odor-elicited life stage-associations (OELSA) in seven countries and to determine probable parallels and variations in […]