Massive repetition of a word can lead to a loss of meaning (i.e., semantic satiation). Satiation is a general property of neurons and so it would be expected that semantic satiation would be found for stimuli other than words. Three experiments examined the occurrence of satiation for the repetition of names, the visualization of faces, and the repetition of faces. Reaction times to a decision ...

Desire is dynamic in that enjoyment and wanting typically decline as one repeatedly consumes the same thing. This consequence of satiation arises in many fields, including economics (diminishing marginal utility), psychology (adaptation, habituation), food sciences (nutritional needs), advertising (wearout), and well-being (hedonic treadmill). Although researchers have often viewed satiation as...

We evaluated the effects of presession satiation on challenging behavior and academic engagement during subsequent classroom activities for three 5–6 year-old children with autism. The percentage of 10-s intervals with challenging behavior and academic engagement during 20-min classroom activity sessions was observed under two conditions. One condition involved presession satiation, in which pa...

The joint effect of (a) level of satiation with social stimuli (relative satiation) and (b) attitude of the child toward the reinforcing agent (valence) on social reinforcer effectiveness was investigated. The experiment was conducted in two parts. In Session 1, the valence manipulation, which consisted in showing subjects a film that depicted Experimenter 1 as nice or mean, was performed by Ex...

Background: Food insecurity and hunger not only affect physical health, but also have social and psychological effects. Therefore, providing food security for society is one of the major goals of social and economical development programs. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and intensity of food insecurity at North West of Tabriz as a population sample of East Azerb...

Introduction. Binge eating disorder, as a fairly new has recently been added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5, it is characterized by recurrent frequent episodes large quantities food in short time frame. The aim this study was associate binge disorder with obsessive-compulsive addiction, which crucial for understanding appropriate treatment patients. Material Meth...

Introduction Meal termination is brought about by a combination of sensory satiation, gastric signals of fullness and metabolic satiation (energy repletion). Previously, it has been shown that taste activation in the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) decreases due to sensory satiation. We hypothesize that smaller sips are associated with more sensory stimulation and therefore with greater sensory sati...

The traditional view of satiation is that repeated consumption produces an unavoidable decline in liking according to the quantity and recency of consumption. We challenge this deterministic view by showing that satiation is instead partially constructed in the moment based on contextual cues. More specifically, while satiation is a function of the actual amount consumed, it also depends on the...