Press release from Aarhus University, BSS for the article: "Honestly hungry: Acute hunger does not increase unethical economic behaviour" published in Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
In 2018, the English word ‘hangry’ was officially added to the Oxford English Dictionary. A combination of ‘hungry’ and ‘angry’, the word is defined as “bad-tempered or irritable as a result of hunger.” A state of mind most of us already know (from others, of course). But can hunger affect our moral compass in relation to direct monetary gains – can it make us cheat? A group of researchers from Aarhus BSS at Aarhus University decided to explore this question.