Food selection: Problems in understanding how we choose foods to eat

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-73

  Galef Jr , B G ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dietary generalists; Dietary specialists; Food selection; Hedonic responses; Individual learning; Social learning

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; GUSTATORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL LEARNING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TASTE PREFERENCE;

ANIMAL; EATING; FOOD PREFERENCES;

EID: 0029656047     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0149-7634(95)00041-C     Document Type: Article

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