Event Title
Good Enough to Eat: the Neurobiological Basis for Food Addiction
Location
Diamond 122
Start Date
30-4-2015 1:58 PM
End Date
30-4-2015 2:25 PM
Project Type
Presentation
Description
What do you think of when you think of addiction? Heroin? Cocaine? Prescription Medication? The dangers of these substances are well documented in the neurological literature, as well as the larger medical community. However, recent developments in neuroscience have illuminated the addictive properties of an unsuspected substance: food. This talk will discuss the neurological basis for food addiction, and provide a review of the most recent research on how our brains may have maladaptive responses to certain foods.
Faculty Sponsor
Melissa Glenn
Sponsoring Department
Colby College. Psychology Dept.
CLAS Field of Study
Social Sciences
Event Website
http://www.colby.edu/clas
ID
1057
Good Enough to Eat: the Neurobiological Basis for Food Addiction
Diamond 122
What do you think of when you think of addiction? Heroin? Cocaine? Prescription Medication? The dangers of these substances are well documented in the neurological literature, as well as the larger medical community. However, recent developments in neuroscience have illuminated the addictive properties of an unsuspected substance: food. This talk will discuss the neurological basis for food addiction, and provide a review of the most recent research on how our brains may have maladaptive responses to certain foods.
https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/clas/2015/program/353