The Posit Science Blog » paul kenny http://www.positscience.com/blog The brain, brain fitness, and Posit Science Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:01:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Junk Food and Addiction – How Cheesecake and Bacon are Like Heroin and Cocaine http://www.positscience.com/blog/2010/04/26/junk-food-and-addiction-how-cheesecake-and-bacon-are-like-heroin-and-cocaine/ http://www.positscience.com/blog/2010/04/26/junk-food-and-addiction-how-cheesecake-and-bacon-are-like-heroin-and-cocaine/#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:55:46 +0000 Peter Delahunt http://www.positscience.com/blog/?p=1202

Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that helps produce a reward response in the brain. This response kicks into action when we do something pleasurable- like eating highly palatable food. It is known that there is a reduction in this reward response in obese people. However, it is unclear whether the reduction in reward precedes obesity and [...]

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Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that helps produce a reward response in the brain. This response kicks into action when we do something pleasurable- like eating highly palatable food. It is known that there is a reduction in this reward response in obese people. However, it is unclear whether the reduction in reward precedes obesity and [...]

by Peter Delahunt
©2012 The Posit Science Blog. All Rights Reserved.
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  1. Your Brain in Love: Part 5 – No Room for Romance? Try Music Instead… but not Junk Food
  2. Weight Gain Can Lead to Fewer Food-Related Brain Rewards
  3. Is Milk the Newest Brain Food?