PSY 111 Chapter Notes - Chapter 34: Basal Metabolic Rate, Ghrelin, Thermostat
14 Dec 2018
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One resource is glucose (1) it is a form of sugar that circulates in the blood and gives major sources of energy for the body tissues. When these levels are low, it means that one is hungry: how exactly does the brain interpret these messages, by several neural areas. For instance, one neural arc has a center that produces appetite-suppressing hormones. Hunger increases and energy decreases: heredity influences body type and approximate set point a) the point at which your weight thermostat is supposedly set. To state that the level at which a person"s weight settles in response to caloric intake and expenditure. Part of knowing when to eat is one"s memory of one"s last meal. Other taste preferences are conditioned: culture affects taste too, example : bedouins like to eat camel eyes, whereas people in, example 2 : most north americans and europeans look down on.
