Are You What You Eat?

Midday on WNYC | Jan 2, 2018

Rachel Herz, a neuroscientist specializing in perception and emotion, discusses her book Why You Eat What You Eat: The Science Behind Our Relationship With Food. She examines the sensory, psychological, neuroscientific and physiological factors that influence our eating habits. She reveals how psychology, neurology and physiology shape our relationship with food, and how food alters the relationship we have with ourselves and each other.

This segment is guest hosted by Arun Venugopal.

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