"For people on a more complex diet that involves keeping track of quantities and items eaten, their subjective impression of the difficulty of the diet can lead them to give up on it," Todd said.
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Study finds complexity affects dieting success
Professor Peter Todd, along with other cognitive scientists at IU and the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, recently compared the dieting behavior of women following two radically different diet plans. They found that the more complicated people thought the diet was, the sooner they were likely to drop it.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Fall "PsychNotes" newsletter available
The Fall 2009 issue of "PsychNotes," the department alumni newsletter, is now available online. Visit psych.indiana.edu/PsychNotesOnline to read the latest news about faculty, staff, alumni and current students.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Student honored by Society for Neuroscience
Sunah Kim, a graduate student who works with Tom James, received a graduate travel award at the 2009 Society for Neuroscience conference this month.
Winners are chosen based on the scientific merit of abstracts presented at the society's annual meeting. The award includes complimentary registration and a stipend to offset travel expenses for the event. For more information, visit www.sfn.org.
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