Excessively high prices increased activity in the insular cortex, a brain region linked to expectations of pain, monetary loss and the viewing of upsetting pictures.
"With remortgage activity currently linked to expectations of interest rate movements, future activity will be subdued as an imminent increase in the bank rate is now looking less likely," it said.
Buying was also linked to expectations that Monday's weekly stocks report from the London Metal Exchange will show a fall of 5,000 to 10,000 metric tons of copper deliverable against contracts there.
It appears that the noticeable decline in both imports and exports from the recent China economic data has been shrugged away, with this perhaps linked to expectations that the People's Bank of China will ease monetary policy further.
But the yields, which have begun to edge higher again in recent days, are linked to expectations that Mr. Draghi will provide specifics of the central bank's bond-buying strategy at the news conference Thursday after the meeting of the central bank's governing council.
A conditioning effect, not linked to expectations has been demonstrated.
In Paris, Christina Figueres, head of the UN's climate change agency, said that although she not seen the announcement, it's probably linked to expectations that China would cap its coal consumption by 2020.
One study concluded that perceptions of poor care were linked to expectations and relationships with staff.
