Research Catalog

Title

Handbook of the psychophysiology of human eating / edited by R. Shepherd.

Publication

Chichester ; New York : Wiley, ©1989.

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Details

Additional Authors

Shepherd, R. (Richard)

Description

xvi, 383 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

This book looks at the psychology of eating. Through an interdisciplinary approach, the text examines eating from the study of neural processes affecting food intake, through the experimental manipulation of taste and other sensory properties of foods, the influence of nutrients on behavior and health, clinical and research studies of weight control and socio-cultural influences on food characteristics and nutritional behavior.

Series Statement

Wiley psychophysiology handbooks

Uniform Title

Wiley psychophysiology handbooks

Subject

• Food habits
• Digestive organs > Psychophysiology
• Ingestion
• Psychophysiology
• Diet
• Eating
• Feeding and Eating Disorders > psychology
• Feeding Behavior
• Feeding Behavior > physiology
• Psychophysiology
• diet
• Ingestion
• Diet
• Food habits
• Ernährungsgewohnheit
• Essgewohnheit
• Essstörung
• Nahrungsaufnahme
• Physiologische Psychologie
• Aufsatzsammlung
• Voedingsgedrag
• Psychofysiologie

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographies and index.

Contents

Part 1: Determinants of eating -- 1. Factors affecting food preferences and choice / Richard Shepherd -- 2. Sensory assessment of foods and the role of sensory attributes in determining food choice / Richard Shepherd and Cynthia A. Farleigh -- 3. The role of variety in eating and body weight regulation / Barbara J. Rolls and Marion Hetherington -- 4. Neurochemical factors involved in normal and abnormal eating in humans / John E. Blundell, Andrew J. Hill and Clare L. Lawton -- Part 2: Cultural influences on food selection -- 5. Biocultural evolution of cuisine: the Hopi Indian blue corn tradition / Solomon H. Katz -- 6. The role of the mass media in influencing eating / Howard G. Schutz and Katherine V. Diaz-Knauf -- Part 3: Development of eating behaviour -- 7. Feeding experiences in early infancy / Peter Wright -- 8. Developmental aspects of eating / Leann Lipps Birch -- 9. The role of learning in the acquisition of food preferences by humans / Paul Rozin -- Part 4: Post-ingestional effects of eating -- 10. Sugar and hyperactivity: another look / Bonnie Spring and Beverly L. Alexander -- 11. Cognitive effects of various food constituents / Harris R. Lieberman -- Part 5: Eating and health -- 12. The psychopathology of eating disorders / George I. Szmukler -- 13. Psychological aspects of obesity and its treatment / Sara Gilbert -- 14. The effects of undernutrition on mental development / Sally M. Grantham-McGregor -- 15. Implications of eating research for disease prevention / David A. Booth.

ISBN

• 0471914959
• 9780471914952

LCCN

89005660

OCLC

• ocm19456326
• 19456326
• SCSB-9455119

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library