Given the unabated obesity problem, there is increasing appreciation of expressions like
“my eyes are bigger than my stomach,” and recent studies in rodents and humans suggest …

Food reward, not hunger, is the main driving force behind eating in the modern obesogenic
environment. Palatable foods, generally calorie-dense and rich in sugar/fat, are thus readily …

One of the defining characteristics of the research of Ann E. Kelley was her recognition that
the neuroscience underlying basic learning and motivation processes also shed significant …

This article reviews current research and cross-disciplinary perspectives on the
neuroscience of food reward in animals and humans, examines the scientific hypothesis of …

The tendency to engage in or maintain feeding behaviour is potently influenced by the
rewarding properties of food. Affective and goal-directed behavioural responses for food …

Animals use current, past, and projected future states of the organism and the world in a
finely tuned system to control ingestion. They must not only deal effectively with current …

Increased availability of tasty, energy‐dense foods has been blamed as a major factor in the
alarmingly high prevalence of obesity, diabetes, and metabolic disease, even in young age …

Palatable foods lead to overeating, and it is almost a forgone conclusion that it is also an
important contributor to the current obesity epidemic–there is even talk about food addiction …

The changes in eating patterns that have occurred in recent decades are an important cause
of obesity. Food intake and energy expenditure are controlled by a complex neural system …

Many of the neurocircuits and hormones known to underlie the sensations of hunger and
satiety also substantially alter the activity of the dopaminergic reward system. Much interest …