Anorexic Brain Habits
Andrew explains how the anorexic brain rewards itself for avoiding certain foods and approaching low calorie foods. The habit is perpetuating the anorexic phenotype, and the place to intervene is in the neural circuitry related to the habit itself.In this clip
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Healthy Eating & Eating Disorders - Anorexia, Bulimia, Binging | Huberman Lab Podcast #36
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In the Huberman Lab Podcast episode Healthy Eating & Eating Disorders - Anorexia, Bulimia, Binging | Huberman Lab Podcast #36, what portion of the brain is responsible for giving the reward feeling when patients restrict food?
In the Huberman Lab Podcast episode Healthy Eating & Eating Disorders - Anorexia, Bulimia, Binging | Huberman Lab Podcast #36, what portion of the brain is responsible for giving the reward feeling when patients restrict food?
What brain changes occur in people who are anorexic, and why are they rewarded for starving themselves?