When a food with a high positive incentive value is readily available, we eat until we are satiated by that specific taste, which is termed sensory-specific satiety.

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This statement is true. Sensory-specific satiety refers to the phenomenon where consuming a particular type of food leads to a decrease in the incentive value of that specific taste, resulting in a decreased desire to eat more of that food.

When a Food with a High Positive Incentive Value Is