When a Food with a High Positive Incentive Value Is

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Multiple Choice

When a food with a high positive incentive value is readily available, we eat until we are satiated by that specific taste, which is termed:

• A) the cafeteria diet effect.
• B) sensory-specific satiety.
• C) food abundance.
• D) incentive consumption.

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