Thought for food: Imagined consumption reduces actual consumption

Science

Volumn 330, Issue 6010, 2010, Pages 1530-1533

  Morewedge, Carey K ^a   Huh, Young Eun ^b   Vosgerau, Joachim ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; HABITUATION; PALATABILITY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGINATION; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THINKING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APPETITE; CANDY; CHEESE; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650129421     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1195701     Document Type: Article

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