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Memories of eating influence your next meal – new research pinpoints brain cells involved

  • Written by Marise Parent, Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology and Associate Director of the Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University
What you had before sways what you eat next time – but only if you remember.MaxSokolov/Shutterstock.com

Of course you know that eating is vital to your survival, but have you ever thought about how your brain controls how much you eat, when you eat and what you eat?

This is not a trivial question, because two-thirds of Americans are either...

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