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When does hungry become hangry?

  • Written by Jennifer MacCormack, Ph.D. Student in Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
You're ready to blow your top – but how much is due to your internal hunger and how much to external annoyances?perfectlab/Shutterstock.com

Have you ever been grumpy, only to realize that you’re hungry?

Feeling hangry has become a meme, even used in ads. But how does it work, psychologically?Snickers

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