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Appetite : neural and behavioural bases / edited by Charles R. Legg and David Booth.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Legg, Charles R., editor.
Booth, D. A., editor.
Series:
EBBS publications series ; 1.
EBBS publications series ; 1
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Appetite.
Desire.
Appetite disorders.
Substance abuse.
Compulsive behavior.
Neuropsychology.
Feeding and Eating Disorders.
Behavior, Addictive.
Hunger.
Medical Subjects:
Appetite.
Feeding and Eating Disorders.
Behavior, Addictive.
Hunger.
Neuropsychology.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xii, 334 pages) : illustrations.
Place of Publication:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1994.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This book deals with both the psychological and neurobiological mechanisms in appetites for drugs, food, sex, and gambling, and considers whether there are common factors between them. The authors approach this by looking at the bases of both normal and abnormal appetites in humans.
Contents:
Appetite
a psychological concept
Neural processing related to feeding in primates
Brainstem orosensorimotor mechanisms and the neural control of ingestive behavior
Role of digestive afferents in food intake regulation
Small objects of desire: the recognition of appropriate foods and drinks and its neural mechanisms
Human male sexuality: appetite and arousal, desire and drive
Classical conditioning, drug cues and drug addiction
The learned nature of binge eating
Neuropharmacology of appetite and taste preferences
A brief history of the anhedonia hypothesis
The appetite for nicotine
Young people and fruit machine gambling
Comparing motivational systems
an incentive motivation perspective.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.

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