Falling in love makes food and drink sweeter taste

The human brain perceives love as nagradu



According to a recent series of experiments at the University of Singapore, infatuation will make your delicious dessert. Not what we are used to relate the word "love" with sweetness, but even thinking about something romantic might cause us to perceive what we eat and drink more sweet.

The test correlated different emotions like love or jealousy with different tastes - sweet, bitter, salty, spicy, sour. Then, one group described a personal romantic experience, and the other - something more boring like Singapore attractions. They then evaluated the taste of the food offered to them: those who wrote about happy love, the food seemed sweeter than those who wrote about jealousy or attractions. Not only that, it even seemed that simple water "sweets».

Researchers believe that this taste perception may be related to the overall functioning of the nervous system associated with the fact that love and are often perceived as a sweet reward. Studies have shown that the anterior cingulate cortex (the region of the brain that plays an important role in predicting reward) is activated when you look at pictures of romantic partners and tasting sweets. Thus, it is possible that when a person experiences love, activates the anterior cingulate cortex representations associated with sweet, thereby causing a sensation of sweetness, even without direct consumption of sugar-containing products.

via factroom.ru