Sugar Highs and Lows: Sugar on the Brain

Sugar Highs and Lows: Sugar on the Brain

First Aired: 7/12/2011

Length: 54 minutes


Sugar’s effect on the brain and behavior.
 
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Kent Berridge, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, discusses his lab's research into fundamental question about the brain and behavior. He discusses how food pleasure is generated in the brain, the neural bases of wanting and liking, and how fear and stress relate to desire.
 
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