From: NPR
Love Hot Sauce? Your Personality May Be A Good Predictor
February 9, 2015
NPR:
A Myers-Briggs personality test can help you determine whether you’re an extrovert. But could your love of hot sauce reveal something about your temperament, too?
As we have reported, back in the 1980s, a psychology professor at the University of Pennsylvania named Paul Rozin documented a connection between liking roller coasters and liking spicy food.
More recently, a group of researchers at Penn State has shown that personality seems to be a significant player in our lust for heat or spice in our food. One study found that people who were most inclined to enjoy action movies, adventure-seeking and exploration were about six times more likely to enjoy the burn of a spicy meal.
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