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第十篇 Chicken Soup for the Soul：Comfort Food Fights Loneliness 心灵鸡汤：爽心食品排解孤独感?? ?Mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, may be bad for your arteries．1 but according to a study in Psychological Science, they’re good for your heart and 2 emotions．The study focuses on “comfort food” and how it makes people feel． For me 3 personally ,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 looked at non-human things that may affect human emotions．Some people reduce loneliness by bonding with their 5 favorite 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 by making people think of their nearest and dearest. In one experiment, in order to make 7 participants 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 group wrote about the experience of eating a comfort food and others wrote about eating a new food．9 Finally ,the researchers had participants 10 complete questions about their levels of loneliness．Writing about a fight with a close person made people feel lonely．But people who were generally 11 secure 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 about or consuming these foods later then serves as a reminder of those close others．In 12 their essays on comfort food, many people wrote about the 13 experience of eating food with family and friends. In another experiment, 14 eating chicken soup in the lab made people think more about relationships, but only if they considered chicken soup