When you eat tasty food, your brain releases dopamine right away from the taste, and then again later from your body sensing the nutrients—two different brain areas handle each part.
Scientific Claim
Palatable food intake in humans is associated with immediate orosensory and delayed post-ingestive dopamine release in distinct brain regions, suggesting that both sensory and physiological signals contribute to food reward processing.
Original Statement
“We identified immediate orosensory and delayed post-ingestive dopamine release.”
Evidence Quality Assessment
Claim Status
appropriately stated
Study Design Support
Design cannot support claim
Appropriate Language Strength
association
Can only show association/correlation
Assessment Explanation
The abstract reports observed dopamine release patterns but does not describe experimental manipulation or control groups. Causal language is avoided, and 'associated with' is the appropriate verb strength. Findings are limited to correlation.
Evidence from Studies
Supporting (1)
Food Intake Recruits Orosensory and Post-ingestive Dopaminergic Circuits to Affect Eating Desire in Humans.
When you eat something tasty, your brain releases dopamine right away from the taste, and then again later from the food’s nutrients — and these happen in different parts of your brain, both making you want to keep eating.