Neuroendocrine regulation of appetitive ingestive behavior [PDF]
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2013 Food availability in nature is often irregular, and famine is commonplace. Increased motivation to engage in ingestive behaviors increases the chance of survival, providing additional potential opportunities for reproduction.
Erin eKeen-Rhinehart +2 more
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Valence-Driven Cognitive Flexibility: Neurochemical and Circuit-Level Insights from Animal Models and Their Relevance to Schizophrenia [PDF]
BiomoleculesCognitive flexibility, the ability to adapt behavior to changing environmental demands, is a core deficit in schizophrenia (SZ), that predicts disease progression. This review synthesizes findings on the neural substates of cognitive flexibility by using
Kfir Asraf, Inna Gaisler-Salomon
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How Dog Behavior Influences Pet Owner’s Perceptions of Dog Preference for Dental Chews
Animals, 2023 American pet owners spend billions of dollars on food and treats so it is important to understand what products they want and what they think their dog would enjoy.
Anamarie C. Johnson +2 more
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Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2022 The fulfillment of belonging needs underlies a variety of behaviors. In order to understand how social needs unmet during maturation shape everyday life, we examined social motivation and cognition in peripubertal rats, as a rodent model of adolescence ...
Milica Potrebić +3 more
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Sexual Behavior: A Seminal Peptide Stimulates Appetites [PDF]
Current Biology, 2006 A new study shows that female fruitflies eat more after mating, and that a multi-functional peptide provided in the seminal fluid of their mates induces this behavior. These findings contribute significantly to our understanding of mating behaviors and resource allocation, and may provide insights useful for controlling the reproduction of insect pests.
Alex Wong, Mariana F. Wolfner
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Are experiences of family and of organized violence predictors of aggression and violent behavior? A study with unaccompanied refugee minors [PDF]
European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2016 Background: There is strong support for familial abuse as a risk factor for later delinquency and violent offending, whereas empirical evidence about the contribution of experienced organized violence to the cycle of violence is less clear.
Veronika Mueller-Bamouh +4 more
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The Histaminergic Tuberomamillary Nucleus Is Involved in Appetite for Sex, Water and Amphetamine. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 The histaminergic system is one component of the ascending arousal system which is involved in wakefulness, neuroendocrine control, cognition, psychiatric disorders and motivation.
Marco Contreras +6 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2015 This study investigated the impact of violent experiences during childhood, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and appetitive aggression on everyday violent behavior in Burundian females with varying participation in war. Moreover, group differences in
Mareike eAugsburger +6 more
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Aggression inoculates against PTSD symptom severity—insights from armed groups in the eastern DR Congo [PDF]
European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2013 Background: In the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), combatants are exposed to massive forms of violence and other traumatic stressors. Nevertheless, many combatants do not suffer from trauma-related disorders, although they
Tobias Hecker +4 more
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The role of simulations in consumer experiences and behavior: insights from the grounded cognition theory of desire [PDF]
, 2017 What are the mechanisms by which extrinsic and environmental cues affect consumer experiences, desires, and choices? Based on the recent grounded cognition theory of desire, we argue that consumption and reward simulations constitute a central mechanism ...
Barsalou, Lawrence W. +3 more
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