Human adult cognition emerges over the course of development via the interaction of
multiple critical neurocognitive networks. These networks evolved in response to various …

Background Intraoral local anesthesia is essential for delivering dental care; however,
injection of this local anesthetic is perceived as the most painful and distressing agent for …

The Monell two-series, forced-choice, paired-comparison tracking method provides a
reliable measure of sweet taste preferences from childhood to adulthood. The method …

Background Anaesthetic injections are an unpleasant experience for children in the dental
office. Oral intake of sweet substances by newborns has been shown to be effective in …

Family history of substance use is a well-established risk factor for greater substance use in
adolescence and adulthood. The biological vulnerability hypothesis proposes that family …

Alcohol possesses complex sensory attributes that are first detected by the body via sensory
receptors and afferent fibers that promptly transmit signals to brain areas involved in …

Depression and variation in dopamine related genes have both independently been
associated with food consumption. Depressive symptoms could synergistically interact with …

For social omnivores such as rats and humans, taste is far more than a chemical sense
activated by food. By virtue of evolutionary and epigenetic elaboration, taste is associated …

From the earliest investigations on the ontogeny of taste, children as a group typically like
sweet more than bitter. In this chapter, we summarize the biological basis of the sensitivity to …

The current study examined the relation between women's food intake and their conformity
to feminine norms after a negative mood induction, as well as the potential moderating role …