Behavioral response associated with the achieving of gratification.
Full gratification of a need or desire followed by a state of relative insensitivity to that particular need or desire.
The desire for FOOD generated by a sensation arising from the lack of food in the STOMACH.
Works containing information articles on subjects in every field of knowledge, usually arranged in alphabetical order, or a similar work limited to a special field or subject. (From The ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science, 1983)
The consumption of edible substances.
Sense of awareness of self and of the environment.
Any substances taken in by the body that provide nourishment.
The study of the physiological basis of human and animal behavior.
Those factors which cause an organism to behave or act in either a goal-seeking or satisfying manner. They may be influenced by physiological drives or by external stimuli.