Behavioral response associated with the achieving of gratification.
Satiation
Full gratification of a need or desire followed by a state of relative insensitivity to that particular need or desire.
Hunger
The desire for FOOD generated by a sensation arising from the lack of food in the STOMACH.
Encyclopedias as Topic
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)
Eating
The consumption of edible substances.
Consciousness
Sense of awareness of self and of the environment.
Food
Any substances taken in by the body that provide nourishment.
Psychophysiology
The study of the physiological basis of human and animal behavior.
Motivation
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.