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Published online 5 April 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040329-19
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Brains like feeling fat
Mapping mental responses to texture could lead to designer foods.
Filling our mouths with fat lights up pleasure centres in the brain, scientists have found, which may help us understand why we cannot get enough of certain foods.
Plenty of researchers have studied how tastes and smells trigger different spots in the brain.
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