No two-way interactions were significant
in these analyses. Pair-wise protected contrasts of equivalent MSG and
no-MSG conditions at each timepoint revealed hunger to be significantly
lower in theMSG than no-MSG condition at 3 time points: 30, 45 and
60 min after the soup was consumed. There were no equivalent effects
of MSG on fullness ratings: the main effects of MSG [F(1,23) 0.83, NS]
and soup [F(1,23) = 0.81, NS] were not significant, and there were no
significant interactions between MSG, soup and time. The lower panels
of Fig. 3 showno clear pattern of difference in fullness between soups or
MSG conditions over the 120 min post-ingestion.