From Psychologies · simon-lea · · 40s
Phones at meals affect memory of food
Eating with phone may cause brain to forget part of meal.
In brief
Eating with phone may cause brain to forget part of meal. People eating with phone risk forgetting part of meal due to distraction. Originally reported by Psychologies.
Study in Nature journal
A study published in Nature journal shows eating with phone affects meal memory.
Brain remembers meals
The brain stores meal details in specific memory to regulate eating habits.
Phones distract during meals
Using phone while eating blocks memory of food, leading to overeating.
Distraction causes overeating
Distraction from phone makes people eat more than needed without realizing.
The one thing
People eating with phone risk forgetting part of meal due to distraction.
