Is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty? How to Reverse the Effect of Glass Elongation on the Volume Poured

Simone R Caljouw and Ruud van Wijck

PLOS ONE, 2014, vol. 9, issue 10, 1-6

Abstract: To reduce the volume of drinks and the risk of overconsumption, health professionals recommend the use of tall skinny instead of short wide glasses. Yet the results of the present study contradict this health advice. Participants who generously filled up a glass with lemonade served 9% more in tall narrow compared with short wide glasses (p

Date: 2014
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