The functional human neuroanatomy of food pleasure cycles

Food ensures our survival and is a potential source of pleasure and general well-being. In order to survive, the human brain is required to optimize the resource allocation such that rewards are pursued when relevant. This means that food intake follows a similar cyclical time course to other reward...

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Published in:	Physiology & behavior 2012-06, Vol.106 (3), p.307-316
Main Authors:	Kringelbach, Morten L., Stein, Alan, van Hartevelt, Tim J.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Animals Behavioral psychophysiology Biological and medical sciences brain Cingulate cortex Eating - physiology Eating - psychology eating habits Food food intake Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Hedonic Humans hunger ingestion Insula Learning Liking Multimodal integration Neural Pathways - anatomy & histology Neural Pathways - physiology Neuroanatomy Operculum Orbitofrontal cortex Pleasure Pleasure cycle Psychiatry Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology resource allocation Reward Satiation Satiety Wanting
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