Imaging the effects of hunger on the brain's response to food cues

Our brain pays more attention to food when we are hungry than when we are sated. Now a team of scientists has shed light on how the needs of the body affect the way the brain processes visual food cues. In two newly-published studies, the researchers examined - with unprecedented resolution - the brain circuits responsible for the differences in the way the brain responds to visual food cues during hunger versus satiety.