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Scientific Reports - Domain-specific effects of hunger on attention and choice

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Humans focus less on nutritional information and more on how appetizing a food looks when deciding what to eat while hungry.

Extended multi-attribute attentional drift diffusion model reveals how attentional dynamics and weight shifts lead to less healthy decisions under hunger.

A new study has revealed how hunger influences dietary decisions by shifting attention towards tastier, but less healthy, food options.