Hunger, thirst and satiety have an enormous influence on cognition, behavior and
development, yet we often take for granted that they are simply inborn or innate. Converging …

Appetite research frequently employs principles derived from behaviour analysis. However,
it has yet to utilise the more recent theoretical advances in this field. This paper describes …

Rats do not seek water when cellularly dehydrated until they are about 4 weeks of age. This
lack of appetitive 'seeking'behavior in young rats differs from their precocious ingestive …

People can use their internal state to determine if they are hungry or thirsty. Although the
meaning of some interoceptive cues may be innate (eg, pain), it is possible that others …

The purpose of these experiments was to determine if preweanling rats, like adults, are
capable of learning to associate an arbitrary flavor with the postingestive effects of nutrients …

In developmental and reproductive toxicity studies, drinking water is a common means of
delivering the test agent. Reduced consumption of toxicant‐containing water raises …

Considerable research has established that instrumental conditioning can result in distinct
forms of action control, goal-directed actions mediated by encoding the relationship to their …

Proper fluid balance is critical for life. Learning plays an important role in shaping the
appetitive behaviors required for drinking. Children often forego drinking plain water and …

Body fluid regulation is pivotal to human health and is served by extensive clinical and pre-
clinical science. By combining modern advances with previous findings in the field, this book …

Daily injections of angiotensin II (AngII) cause a progressive increase of water intake that
resembles a classically ascribed non-associative sensitization. Consistent with the …