In other words, I may find spicy food overwhelming simply because I expect it to be. “Expectations are powerful,” said Dr. Susan Albers, a clinical psychologist at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio ...
Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window Deshauer: The internet loves a spicy food challenge. It's dramatic, it's entertaining, and in some cases, it can be ...
He would sit and eat those foods with pleasure, with only a few beads of sweat on his brow. How can such extremes exist in human behavior? According to a new study, these reactions may be due to how ...
The study focused on the experience of eating spicy food, and examined two distinct ways in which expectations influence that experience: the “sensory component” (i.e. how spicy participants ...
Maybe you’ve even avoided spicy food to evade a bad dream. If so, you’re not alone. Research published in Frontiers in Psychology examined the link between food consumption and dreaming.