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Biological Roots of Behavior Chapter 2 (pp. 40-64). Motivated Behaviors Homeostasis Autonomic Nervous System: Activation and Arousal. What are Motivated Behaviors?. Behavioral Neuroscience Focus on the Neural Bases of Behavior. Neural Bases of Behavior. Why Do We Eat?.
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Biological Roots of BehaviorChapter 2 (pp. 40-64) Motivated Behaviors Homeostasis Autonomic Nervous System: Activation and Arousal
Behavioral Neuroscience Focus on the Neural Bases of Behavior
Examples of Peripheral Signals: Glucoreceptor Signaling Adipoise Tissue and Leptin
Obesity: Homeostatic Failure / Leptin Deficient and Resistant
Can we identify specific brain areas associated with emotion, including aggression?
Psychology: Introduction to the Biological Perspective Motivated Behaviors - Eating Behavior Aggression; Response to Threat Sex Behavior Drug-Seeking Behavior
Sex Behavior Focus on Hormones and the Hypothalamus
Intracranial Self-Stimulation (ICSS) Rats lever press for electrical stimulation into brain Brain sites may mediate natural rewards (food, water, sex) Note: Brain stimulation also evokes feeding, drinking, maternal and sexual behaviors