Imagine this: Visualising a recent meal as bigger reduces subsequent snack intake.

Remembering a recent meal reduces subsequent intake of palatable snacks (i.e. the meal-recall effect), however, little is known about the factors which can potentiate this effect.

The role of memory ability, depth and mode of recall in the impact of memory on later consumption.

It has been shown that recalling a meal eaten a few hours earlier (vs. the previous day) leads to reduced snacking ('meal-recall' effect). This study attempted to replicate this effect, by assessing participants' (N = 77, mean age = 33.