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Male and female college students ate as much as they wished of either one or three of their favorite ice cream flavors. Females who were allowed to consume three flavors ate more ice cream than those who could only eat one flavor. By contrast, ice cream consumption by males was unaffected by the number of flavors available. Human females have stronger inhibitions about eating than males, but these inhibitions can be overridden by presentation of a variety of palatable foods, especially when satiety mechanisms are already operating, as at the end of a meal.
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Beatty, W.W. Dietary variety stimulates appetite in females but not in males. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 19, 212–214 (1982). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03330235
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