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Author:   Charles R. Legg (Department of Psychology, Department of Psychology, City University, London) ,  David Booth (Professor, School of Psychology, Professor, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Volume:   1
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.704kg
ISBN:  

9780198547877

ISBN 10:   0198547870
Pages:   346
Publication Date:   24 November 1994
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Appetite - a psychological concept ; 2. Neural processing relating to feeding in primates ; 3. Brainstem orosensorimotor mechanisms and the neural control of ingestive behaviour ; 4. Role of digestive afferents in food intake regulation ; 5. Small objects of desire: the recognition of appropriate foods and drinks and its neural mechanisms ; 6. Human male sexuality: appetite and arousal, desire and drive ; 7. Classical conditioning, drug cues and drug addiction ; 8. The learned nature of binge eating ; 9. Neuropharmacology of appetite and taste preferences ; 10. A brief history of the anhedonia hypothesis ; 11. The appetite for nicotine ; 12. Young people and fruit machine gambling ; 13. Comparing motivational systems - an incentive motivation perspective

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well written, with reasonably clear and helpful illustrations, and would either make a good introduction to the subject for a researcher or clinician interested in appetite, or to broaden the knowledge of a researcher working in one aspect of appetite Nigel Brown, Behaviour Research & Therapy, Vol. 34, No. 5/6, 1996

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