Research Hit: How Hunger Changes Decision-Making In The Brain

How hunger impacts hormones to to turn on action circuits in the brain

A hungry man is an angry man - as they say!

Yes, and this may also apply to women but the point is that hunger changes the way we process information to make different decisions.

Has this actually been proven?

Well, as I keep pointing out - if we feel something is different, it normally means something is happening in our brain. There is lots of evidence on how hunger changes our decision-making but this recent research is interesting because it found a mechanism in the brain that directs decision-making.

And what was that?