Get Up And Do Something: Hunger may be tied to how you remember your previous meal

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Hunger may be tied to how you remember your previous meal
Dec 7th 2012, 11:59

Want to stave off hunger? The idea of consuming a large meal may make you feel those pains a little less.

Researchers discovered that the level of hunger subjects reported was linked to the amount of food they visually thought they ate, not the amount they actually ate.

"This study is exciting because it exposes a role for cognition in the control of hunger -- appetite isn't governed solely by the physical size and composition of the meals we consume," Jeff Brunstorm, a professor of experimental psychology at the University of Bristol, said in a press release.

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