Throughout our lives we develop a system that helps us navigate in a food environment. In a
routine where we are constantly thinking about food and making choices, ranging from …

Many people struggle with the classical choice of eating a mouth-watering snack versus a
healthier product. One of the reasons behind this is that unhealthier products are appealing …

Imagine a lunch buffet with different appetizers, followed by a selection of main courses, and
a range of puddings for dessert. You cannot try everything, so you pick the foods that look …

Abstract Concepts are grounded in mental simulation of sensory information, but the exact
role it plays in everyday cognition is unknown. Here, we investigate its role in an important …

People form mental concepts of categories of objects, which permit them to respond
appropriately to new objects they encounter by making inferences from properties of known …

This paper reviews some of the evidence that dietary behaviours are, in large part, the
consequence of automatic responses to contextual food cues, many of which lead to …

Even before deciding how much to eat, people usually have already chosen what they are
going to eat. Food choice and food preferences are determined in part by biological factors …

Consumers observe many stimuli in the environment when they choose or consume foods.
These external stimuli can be differentiated as having a direct or indirect effect on people …

Many times, desire possesses us and impedes us from making healthier food choices. From
a grounded cognition perspective, we investigated the role of two types of mental simulation …

It is well established that the amount eaten by other people affects how much we eat, but
unanswered questions exist regarding how much the food choices of other people affect the …