Food from the same plate has helped people faster to negotiate Those who ate nachos from the same plate, quickly come to an agreement. Upstairs American scientists have found that sharing food from a common tray enhances cooperation among people. To do this, they conducted two experiments, during which the strangers had come to an agreement during the meal: the appetizers were either shared or separate each. It turned out that eating from a common dish makes people (even strangers) faster to come to an agreement. The article is forthcoming in the journal Psychological Science, with Preprint available on the website of the University of Chicago. Joint food intake largely depends on the cultural characteristics of the companies involved. For example, Indian and Chinese traditions quite often eating, laying food from the common plates, as in France often eat separately. Eating from the same plate requires cooperation: each participant of
