PSY398H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Lateral Hypothalamus, Leptin Receptor, Solitary Tract
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When reached satiety we get aversive, nauseating. Smell invlolved ; the rewarding incentive stimuli becomes extremely aversive. Its different with other behv such as sm, mb. Metabolism is the ultimate in self perserfvfation, mmotivation and evolutoin of brain in motivation. The biological systems of weight regulation promote consumption well above [our] immediate needs excess energy can be stored to protect from future famine. (de ridder and van den bos 2006. Acquisition not continuous we eat (more than we need) and the enxpend, get hungry, eat . Anabolism: is the set of metabolic pathway that construct molecules from smaller units. Catabolism: is the set of metabolic pathways that breaks down molecules into smaller units and release energy. Glucose is a primary source of energy for the brain, and hence its availability influence psychological processes. When glucose is low psychological processes requiring mental effort (e. g. self-control, effortful decision-making) are impaired (energy)
