Thought for food: Imagining food consumption reduces actual consumption

Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 15:21 in Earth & Climate

A new study shows that when you imagine eating a certain food, it reduces your actual consumption of that food. This landmark discovery changes the decades-old assumption that thinking about something desirable increases cravings for it and its consumption.

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