Dietary diversity Is associated with memory status in chinese adults: A prospective study

This 2020 study suggests a new form of reinforcement learning and motivation that involves the balancing of cue-induced behavioral excitation with behavioral inhibition. While food- and drug-related environmental cues can make an individual recall memory of food and drug reinforcers, this proposed mechanism suppresses the ability of these cues to stimulate appetitive behavior. But when […]

Feeding behavior is driven by two main factors: homeostatic needs triggered by hunger and hedonic desires for pleasure, even when not hungry. Although life depends on homeostatic eating, excessive hedonic feeding can result in adverse health effects such as obesity and metabolic diseases. However, the neurobiological mechanisms that regulate homeostatic versus hedonic eating remain poorly […]