Experiencing sweet taste is associated with an increase in prosocial behavior.

ABSTRACT: Taste may be the first sense that emerged in evolution. Taste is also a very important sense since it signals potential beneficial or dangerous effects of foods. Given this fundamental role of taste in our lives, it is not surprising that taste also affects our psychological perception and thinking. For example, previous research demonstrated remarkable psychological effects of sweet taste experiences, suggesting that sweetness may be a source domain for prosocial functioning. Recent research reports that briefly experiencing sweet taste made participants more helpful in their intentions and behavior. The current study aims to test this hypothesis and to examine the neural underpinnings of this effect by using an fMRI approach. Participants were asked to taste sweet, salty, and neutral tas

SUBMITTER: Schaefer M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9894851 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature