Broadcasts.com - "Why Multitasking Keeps You Snacking" (Curiosity Daily)

Published: Sept. 22, 2020, 7 a.m.

Learn about how rats might not have been all to blame for the bubonic plagues and why we\\u2019re more prone to mindlessly eat while we multitask.

When It Comes to the Black Death, the Rats May Have Been Framed by Ashley Hamer

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Gill, V. (2018, January 15). Black Death \\u201cspread by humans not rats.\\u201d BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42690577
Dean, K. R., Krauer, F., Wall\\xf8e, L., Lingj\\xe6rde, O. C., Bramanti, B., Stenseth, N. C., & Schmid, B. V. (2018). Human ectoparasites and the spread of plague in Europe during the Second Pandemic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(6), 1304\\u20131309. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1715640115

Multitasking might make you keep snacking even when you\'re full by Kelsey Donk

Ford, A. (2020) TV-watching snackers beware: you won\\u2019t notice you\\u2019re full if your attention is elsewhere. University of Sussex. https://www.sussex.ac.uk/news/research?id=52535
Morris, J., Vi, C. T., Obrist, M., Forster, S., & Yeomans, M. R. (2020). Ingested but not perceived: Response to satiety cues disrupted by perceptual load. Appetite, 104813. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2020.104813

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