When French writer Marcel Proust famously recalled his childhood from the taste of a Madeline cookie, his stomach may have done some of the work. We generally associate our memories almost exclusively with the brain,…
From the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center press release: Interoception is the awareness of our physiological states; it’s how animals and humans know they’re hungry or thirsty, and how they know when they’ve had enough…
From the University of Dundee press release: We all know that food shopping when hungry is a bad idea but new research from the University of Dundee suggests that people might want to avoid making…
From the American Psychological Association press release: What makes someone go from simply being hungry to full-on “hangry“? More than just a simple drop in blood sugar, this combination of hunger and anger may be…
From the Scripps Research Institute press release: A new study from scientists on the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) offers important insights into possible links between sleep and hunger — and the benefits…
From the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center press release: The urge to satisfy hunger is a primal one, but — as any dieter knows — choices about when and what to eat can be influenced by…
From the Taylor & Francis media release: In the age of the ‘sugar tax’, good news about glucose is hard to come by. But an Australian scientist has just proposed a new understanding of the…
From the Cornell University press release via EurekAlert!: Skipping meals can sabotage your shopping – and your diet, according to a new Cornell study. Even short term food deprivation not only increases overall grocery shopping,…
From the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center press release: Synaptic plasticity – the ability of the synaptic connections between the brain’s neurons to change and modify over time — has been shown to be a…
From the Uppsala University press release via AlphaGalileo: New research from Uppsala University shows that a specific brain region that contributes to a person’s appetite sensation is more activated in response to food images after…