Science Monday: Chicken soup for the soul decision making skills

If you've got a big decision to make, you're best off doing it after lunch. And if you're on your way out to Sainsburys, can I recommend the chicken soup, tuna, bananas and (hooray!) chocolate. These are the foods high in amino acids, which a new study has found increase the chances of making a good decision.

By manipulating the subject's diet, researchers found that by increasing foods high in the right amino acids they kept seratonin levels high. Low seratonin levels often resulted in aggressive social responses, aka being a bit mardy and refusing options available just because you're in a bad mood (me? Never!).

The moral of this story? If you're going to have to make any kind of decision today, go and grab a bar of Galaxy first.

[via Daily Telegraph]

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