The food generates pleasurable responses in the brain , and especially foods such as chocolate , which stimulates as a sexual picture especially in men, according to a study on food and emotions conducted by the Institute of Neurosciences of Alicante (Spain)
Promoted by Channel Kitchen and led by a team of physiologists, neurologists, researchers, engineers and psychologists, the research was to ascertain how responsive the brain at the sight of human food and during the act of eating, for which the neuronal activity was followed in a representative sample of 40 people aged 18 to 80 years old .
When eating an emotional activation brain , ie, “food excites us” occurs, explains the director of Canal Cocina, Mandi Ciriza. Meanwhile, Miguel Valdeolmillos, study coordinator, said that the work “is a pioneer and important because we spend between 7 and 8 years eating”.
In the first stage were determined favorite food of a group of Spanish through a market survey, which are resulting ham, tortilla, traditional stews and chocolate , which the salmon tartare was added to contrast Response brain to unknown flavors.
After the response of brain during viewing and during that food intake was analyzed. The result shows that there is “a strong emotional and involuntary activation in the brain , when we see food and when we tested,” says the text.
View and eat chocolate generates the most intense, more emotional response in men (69%) than women (62%), and higher than other positive visual stimuli such as images of sex, travel and sports.
In addition, it was found that the brain is active only female with see food, while the male does to a lesser extent and need to test them. It also concluded that this body is receptive, and manifesting a positive emotional response with the flavors do not know, something that occurs more often in men.
To measure the reaction brain electrical activity was recorded . and physiological participants with devices to measure neural activity, changes in the dermis and heart rate
Source: EFE
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