Name: What happens in your brain when you taste food
Uploaded: 2019-10-03T14:48:40Z
Duration: 13 min 33 s
Description: With fascinating research and hilarious anecdotes, neuroscientist Camilla Arndal Andersen takes us into the lab where she studies people's sense of taste via brain scans. She reveals surprising insights about the way our brains subconsciously experience food -- and shows how this data could help us eat healthier without sacrificing taste.

With fascinating research and hilarious anecdotes, neuroscientist Camilla Arndal Andersen takes us into the lab where she studies people's sense of taste via brain scans. She reveals surprising insights about the way our brains subconsciously experience food -- and shows how this data could help us eat healthier without sacrificing taste.

Camilla Arndal Andersen: What happens in your brain when you taste food

What happens in your brain when you taste food

Neuroscience reveals our brain's response to food influences our tastes more than we realize, challenging our trust in conscious preference.

Advanced brain-scanning techniques like EEG offer groundbreaking insight into our subconscious food preferences, bypassing conscious biases.

Exploring the brain's reaction to food uncovers potential for healthier, tastier alternatives, hinting at a future of guilt-free indulgence.