April 17, 2010
Placebo! Nocebo!
Hi, two quick videos… one on the mighty placebo effect, via NHS Choices, one on the nocebo effect from Nerdstock.
Sorry no column today, something pretty urgent came up on Friday, back next week, there’s this on libel from yesterday’s paper, and I’ll see if I can hustle what the column would have been into [...]
April 16, 2010
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March 24, 2010
Healthy food makes consumers feel hungrier when choices are limited
If we don't have a choice in the matter, eating something that's considered healthy might simply lead us to feel hungry and eat something else, according to a new study.
Consumers Buy Healthier Foods For Themselves
Feel like Mom is pushing dessert? According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, consumers choose foods that are less healthy when they are purchasing for others. In a series of studies on food choice, author Juliano Laran (University of Miami) discovered that consumers exert more self-control when they make choices for themselves...
When Choices Are Limited Healthy Food Makes Consumers Feel Hungrier
If we don't have a choice in the matter, eating something that's considered healthy might simply lead us to feel hungry and eat something else, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research...