When you're really hungry for a snack, you may want to stay away from those online shopping sales. The hormone that tells your brain it's time to eat may also convince you it's time to spend money, suggests new research presented at the 2021 meeting of the Endocrine Society.
Higher levels of the hormone ghrelin, the so-called "hunger hormone," which stimulates appetite, predicts a greater desire for speedy monetary rewards even when delaying the payday results in receiving more money, according to a study at Massachusetts…