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Habituation of responding for food in humans.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  12071689     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Habituation to repeated food stimuli has been demonstrated in various response systems across animals and humans. Patterns of responding to obtain food demonstrate many empirical characteristics of habituation, and the purpose of the present study was to determine whether motivated responding for food in humans follows an habituation pattern. Thirty-five nonobese men were randomized to groups in which they responded to gain access to repeated presentations of the same food or presentations of a variety of isocaloric food. Subjective ratings of food liking and hunger were assessed. Consistent with habituation theory, participants working for one type of food demonstrated a more rapid decrease in responding for food and in ratings of liking of the repeatedly presented food than participants working for varied foods. All participants showed similar reductions of hunger and resumed responding for a novel food stimulus. This study documents that motivated responding for food in human shares characteristics of an habituation process.
Authors:
Michelle Myers Ernst; Leonard H Epstein
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Appetite     Volume:  38     ISSN:  0195-6663     ISO Abbreviation:  Appetite     Publication Date:  2002 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2002-06-19     Completed Date:  2002-10-10     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8006808     Medline TA:  Appetite     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  224-34     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Analysis of Variance
Body Mass Index
Cues
Feeding Behavior / psychology*
Food*
Food Preferences / psychology*
Habituation, Psychophysiologic / physiology*
Humans
Hunger / physiology
Male
Students / psychology
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
HD25997/HD/NICHD NIH HHS

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