[HTML][HTML] Is impulsive behavior adaptive in harsh and unpredictable environments? A formal model

J Fenneman, WE Frankenhuis - Evolution and Human Behavior, 2020 - Elsevier
Evolutionary social scientists have argued that impulsive behavior is adaptive in harsh and
unpredictable conditions. Is this true? This paper presents a mathematical model that …

The relations between early-life stress and risk, time, and prosocial preferences in adulthood: A meta-analytic review

J Wu, Z Guo, X Gao, Y Kou - Evolution and Human Behavior, 2020 - Elsevier
This meta-analytic review aims to address the mixed findings in previous research by
quantifying the associations between early-life stress and risk, time, and prosocial …

Appetite to learn: An allostatic role for AgRP neurons in the maintenance of energy balance

F Reed, SH Lockie, A Reichenbach, CJ Foldi… - Current Opinion in …, 2022 - Elsevier
The relationship between hunger and subsequent feeding has undoubtedly provided strong
selective pressures that underpin motivation, learning and memory processes. Together …

[HTML][HTML] The daily experience of hunger in UK females with and without food insecurity

C Neal, GV Pepper, OM Shannon, C Allen, M Bateson… - Appetite, 2025 - Elsevier
Food insecurity (FI) is associated with increased mortality risk, depression, and obesity in
females in high-income countries, but causal mechanisms remain unclear. FI is often …

Unhealthy food choices in adulthood: The role of childhood financial adversity, situational scarcity, and self-control

RM Mesler, B Simpson, ZL Bates, Y Hinrichs - Food Quality and Preference, 2022 - Elsevier
Childhood environments have lasting effects on individuals well into adulthood for a range
of behaviours, and this holds true for food-related behaviours. In this study we ask how …

A review of the concept of impulsivity: an evolutionary perspective

MM Al-Hammouri, JA Rababah… - Advances in Nursing …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Impulsivity is a central concept for many psychological models and interventions. Despite
extensive research, the concept of impulsivity lacks clarity due to the diversity of definitions …

Impulsive sports betting: The effects of food or substance consumption

E Li, N Hing, AMT Russell, P Vitartas - Journal of gambling studies, 2020 - Springer
The present study aimed to explore how food or substance consumption (eg, experiencing
hunger, or having consumed alcohol or recreational drugs) could shape consumer …

Grazing is associated with ADHD symptoms, substance use, and impulsivity in a representative sample of a large metropolitan area in Brazil

AI Heriseanu, D Spirou, CEF Moraes, P Hay, R Sichieri… - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
Grazing is a clinically relevant eating behaviour, especially when it presents with a sense of
loss of control (compulsive grazing). There is evidence that other disordered eating patterns …

Hunger affects social decisions in a multi-round Public Goods Game but not a single-shot Ultimatum Game

S Fraser, D Nettle - Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 2020 - Springer
Objective People have the intuition that hunger undermines social cooperation, but
experimental tests of this have often produced null results. One possible explanation is that …

Two sides of the same coin? Exploring persuasive discursive practices in academic and popularized texts in psychology

M Saidi, N Karami, E Namaziandost - Applied Research on English …, 2022 - are.ui.ac.ir
Circulation of scientific discoveries occurs in various discourse communities. Adopting an
audience-oriented view of writing (Hyland, 2010) and drawing on the appraisal theory …