请根据短文内容，回答题。 Chicken Soup for the Soul: Comfort Food Fights LonelinessMashed pot

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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Comfort Food Fights Loneliness

Mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, may be bad for your arteries, __________(1) according to a study in Psychological Science, they&39;re good for your heart and__________ (2). The study focuses on "comfort food" and how it makes people feel.＜br＞

"For me__________ (3), food has always played a big role in my family," says Jordan Troisi, a graduate student at the University of Buffalo, and lead author on the study. The study came out of the research program of his co-author Shira Gabriel. It has __________(4) non-human things that may affect human emotions. Some people reduce loneliness by bonding with their __________(5) TV show, building virtual relationships with a pop song singer or looking at pictures of loved ones. Troisi and Gabriel wondered if comfort food could have the same effect__________ (6) making people think of their nearest and dearest. In one experiment, in order to make__________ (7) feel lonely, the researchers had them write for six minutes about a fight with someone close to them. Others were given an emotionally neutral writing assignment. Then, some people in each__________ (8) wrote about the experience of eating a comfort food and others wrote about eating a new food.__________ (9), the researchers had participants __________ (10) questions about their levels of loneliness.＜br＞

Writing about a fight with a close person made people feel lonely. But people who were generally__________(11 ) in their relationships would feel less lonely by writing about a comfort food. "We have found that comfort foods are consistently associated with those close to us," says Troisi. "Thinking aboul or consuming these foods later then serves as a reminder of those close others." In __________(12)essays on comfort food, many people wrote about the __________(13) of eating food with family and friends. In another experiment, __________(14) chicken soup in the lab made people think more about relationships, but only if they considered chicken soup to be a comfort food. This was a question they had been asked long before the experiment, along with many other questions, so they wouldn&39;t remember it. Throughout everyone&39;s daily lives they experience stress, often associated with our__________ (15) with others, "Troisi says. "Comfort food can be an easy remedy for loneliness."＜

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