Biological Roots of Behavior Chapter 2 (pp ) Motivated Behaviors Homeostasis Autonomic Nervous System: Activation and Arousal
What are Motivated Behaviors?
Behavioral Neuroscience Focus on the Neural Bases of Behavior
Neural Bases of Behavior
Why Do We Eat?
Glucoreceptor Signaling Adipoise Tissue and Leptin Examples of Peripheral Signals:
Obesity: Homeostatic Failure / Leptin Deficient and Resistant
Can we identify specific brain areas associated with emotion, including aggression?
End: First Class Lecture
Psychology: Introduction to the Biological Perspective Motivated Behaviors - Eating Behavior Aggression; Response to Threat Sex Behavior Drug-Seeking Behavior
Sex Behavior Focus on Hormones and the Hypothalamus
Other Motivated Behaviors?
Drug Seeking Behavior
Intracranial Self-Stimulation (ICSS) Rats lever press for electrical stimulation into brain Brain sites may mediate natural rewards (food, water, sex) Note: Brain stimulation also evokes feeding, drinking, maternal and sexual behaviors