We are all familiar with feelings of anger and irritability associated with hunger, even if we haven’t experienced it ourselves, thanks to memes. How real is the phenomenon of being ‘hangry’? How much does hunger affect our mood, especially irritability and anger? ThePrint’s Sandhya Ramesh explains new findings.

Brought to you by  @Kia India 

Subscribe to the Pure Science Telegram Channel https://t.me/PureScienceWithSandhyaRamesh Supplementary reading: Swami et al., PLOS One 2022. Hangry in the field: An experience sampling study on the impact of hunger on anger, irritability, and affect https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269629