Let's say that maximum mass gainers and supplements... are an appetitive xD
July 9, 2026 at 5:17 AM
Let's say that maximum mass gainers and supplements... are an appetitive xD
Ventral tegmental area acetylcholine generates appetitive and aversive incentive motivation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.09.737546v1
July 11, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Ventral tegmental area acetylcholine generates appetitive and aversive incentive motivation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.09.737546v1
I enjoy subject matter experts dressing down the appetitive BlueSky commentariat.
Since I am being called "so fucking dangerous" let's walk through what my argument and its evidence actually is.
First, I am not saying fascism, the ideology, is ancient (it isn't) but that the emotions which fuel it are: fascism is ancient (pre-historic!) emotions colliding with modern society.
First, I am not saying fascism, the ideology, is ancient (it isn't) but that the emotions which fuel it are: fascism is ancient (pre-historic!) emotions colliding with modern society.
The assertions that fascism is a "permanent part of human nature" and farther down in this thread we evolved biologically and culturally to support fascism are doing *tremendous* ideological work this evening.
These are not statements in accord with the anthropology and archaeology of our species.
These are not statements in accord with the anthropology and archaeology of our species.
August 25, 2026 at 3:39 PM
I enjoy subject matter experts dressing down the appetitive BlueSky commentariat.
Interested in dopaminergic learning, interaction of appetitive and aversive learning systems, & history-dependent modulation of learning? Come by my #cosyne2026 poster Thursday [1-096]: Reinforcement learning with distributed representations of prediction error and value.
#compneurosky #neuroskyence
#compneurosky #neuroskyence
March 11, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Interested in dopaminergic learning, interaction of appetitive and aversive learning systems, & history-dependent modulation of learning? Come by my #cosyne2026 poster Thursday [1-096]: Reinforcement learning with distributed representations of prediction error and value.
#compneurosky #neuroskyence
#compneurosky #neuroskyence
Psychology often divides stimuli into 'appetitive' & 'aversive' - ones that an organism is attracted to, & ones that it avoids. The opposite of anxiety isn't calm. It's appetite. It's moving towards & with & into things you love. Sometimes - often - that involves disregarding societal expectations.
May 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Psychology often divides stimuli into 'appetitive' & 'aversive' - ones that an organism is attracted to, & ones that it avoids. The opposite of anxiety isn't calm. It's appetite. It's moving towards & with & into things you love. Sometimes - often - that involves disregarding societal expectations.
Remarkable passive voice/both sides combo by Peter Baker. It is a ‘brazen violation” and not a “serious proposition” that is being debated.
January 20, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Remarkable passive voice/both sides combo by Peter Baker. It is a ‘brazen violation” and not a “serious proposition” that is being debated.
Sad to miss #ACNP2024 but check out our new studies by the amazing @margestelzner.bsky.social - comparing dopamine vs GABA neurons in the VTA in different forms of learning - our results support an overall re-evaluation of midbrain representation of valence and appetitive motivation (thread)
December 8, 2024 at 8:35 PM
Sad to miss #ACNP2024 but check out our new studies by the amazing @margestelzner.bsky.social - comparing dopamine vs GABA neurons in the VTA in different forms of learning - our results support an overall re-evaluation of midbrain representation of valence and appetitive motivation (thread)
there are some people who are constitutionally conflict-appetitive who regularly pick fights on here, and generally the way it works is that the one alleging harm gains the most immediate benefit of the doubt. the problem is that feeling aggrieved is not the same thing as being damaged
May 28, 2026 at 4:32 AM
there are some people who are constitutionally conflict-appetitive who regularly pick fights on here, and generally the way it works is that the one alleging harm gains the most immediate benefit of the doubt. the problem is that feeling aggrieved is not the same thing as being damaged
Hi #ACNP2024! I'm a postdoc in Reesha Patel's lab at Northwestern, and this is my first in-person ACNP 🎉
I'm presenting a poster on Monday (M157) on VTA 🌟astrocyte 🌟 activity during appetitive and aversive conditioning!
I'm presenting a poster on Monday (M157) on VTA 🌟astrocyte 🌟 activity during appetitive and aversive conditioning!
We are officially on the ground in Phoenix so it's time for the #ACNP2024 role call 📣
Introduce yourself, your science, tell us if you're a veteran or first-timer, promote your poster/talk/favorite social - whatever you want, this is your space to say it ⬇️
Introduce yourself, your science, tell us if you're a veteran or first-timer, promote your poster/talk/favorite social - whatever you want, this is your space to say it ⬇️
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December 9, 2024 at 2:58 AM
Hi #ACNP2024! I'm a postdoc in Reesha Patel's lab at Northwestern, and this is my first in-person ACNP 🎉
I'm presenting a poster on Monday (M157) on VTA 🌟astrocyte 🌟 activity during appetitive and aversive conditioning!
I'm presenting a poster on Monday (M157) on VTA 🌟astrocyte 🌟 activity during appetitive and aversive conditioning!
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Yakov Feygin's excellent book on Soviet economic history whetted my appetitive for more on the subject, and I just listened to this interview of Chris Miller on his own book, "The Struggle to Save the Soviet Economy".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUrt...
Yakov Feygin's excellent book on Soviet economic history whetted my appetitive for more on the subject, and I just listened to this interview of Chris Miller on his own book, "The Struggle to Save the Soviet Economy".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUrt...
The Reasons Why the Soviet Union Collapsed – Myths and Realities
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December 23, 2024 at 12:24 PM
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Yakov Feygin's excellent book on Soviet economic history whetted my appetitive for more on the subject, and I just listened to this interview of Chris Miller on his own book, "The Struggle to Save the Soviet Economy".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUrt...
Yakov Feygin's excellent book on Soviet economic history whetted my appetitive for more on the subject, and I just listened to this interview of Chris Miller on his own book, "The Struggle to Save the Soviet Economy".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUrt...
Very excited to see this work published in #eLife. My favorite part is when the appetitive patterns of dopamine responses and behavior to sucrose, after showing aversion due to pairing with illness (we've all been there), become appetitive *again* after being experienced without illness!
Just in time for Thanksgiving, we're grateful for the publication of our paper in #eLife
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
We measured dopamine and behavioral responses to intraorally delivered sucrose across acquisition and extinction of a conditioned taste aversion.
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doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
We measured dopamine and behavioral responses to intraorally delivered sucrose across acquisition and extinction of a conditioned taste aversion.
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November 25, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Very excited to see this work published in #eLife. My favorite part is when the appetitive patterns of dopamine responses and behavior to sucrose, after showing aversion due to pairing with illness (we've all been there), become appetitive *again* after being experienced without illness!
Scientific American spoke with an appetitive neuroscientist about whether food addiction is real, whether certain types of foods might have more addictive qualities and how related eating disorders can be addressed
What Makes Ultraprocessed Foods Addictive?
A neuroscientist explains how highly processed foods may be key to “food addiction.” She also reveals some solutions
www.scientificamerican.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Scientific American spoke with an appetitive neuroscientist about whether food addiction is real, whether certain types of foods might have more addictive qualities and how related eating disorders can be addressed
July 7, 2026 at 5:34 AM
5/8 During both appetitive and aversive states, heartbeat tuning in the insula was enhanced. We perturbed cardiac activity using metoprolol, an adrenergic beta-1 receptor blocker, and found that it impaired neural, physiological and behavioral expression of appetitive and aversive emotion states.
March 23, 2026 at 7:48 AM
5/8 During both appetitive and aversive states, heartbeat tuning in the insula was enhanced. We perturbed cardiac activity using metoprolol, an adrenergic beta-1 receptor blocker, and found that it impaired neural, physiological and behavioral expression of appetitive and aversive emotion states.
Can't speak for you, but for me, it's probably the same thing as how sleeping after staying up too much makes you tired, or how eating a little bit when you're really hungry revs up the appetitive.
Your body is like "oh yeah, I need this, give me more."
Your body is like "oh yeah, I need this, give me more."
August 10, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Can't speak for you, but for me, it's probably the same thing as how sleeping after staying up too much makes you tired, or how eating a little bit when you're really hungry revs up the appetitive.
Your body is like "oh yeah, I need this, give me more."
Your body is like "oh yeah, I need this, give me more."
New preprint! People vary in healthy food preferences, with some veering towards obsessive. We found #orthorexia associated with disgust-like facial responses to unhealthy foods. BUT: also with appetitive stomach responses! Is it an interoceptive self-control mechanism? doi.org/10.1101/2025... (1/7)
Orthorexia is associated with a paradoxical appetitive gastric response to unhealthy foods
Orthorexia involves an obsessive tendency towards "healthy" foods. It is a risk factor for eating disorders (anorexia nervosa and the proposed "orthorexia nervosa") and psychological distress, but its...
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July 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM
New preprint! People vary in healthy food preferences, with some veering towards obsessive. We found #orthorexia associated with disgust-like facial responses to unhealthy foods. BUT: also with appetitive stomach responses! Is it an interoceptive self-control mechanism? doi.org/10.1101/2025... (1/7)
"emotional veracity meets appetitive voracity as a damaged couple learn to eat together": Aimee Kuge's rom-com horror CANNIBAL MUKBANG (2023)
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Cannibal Mukbang (2023) - Projected Figures
In Aimee Kuge's rom-com horror CANNIBAL MUKBANG, emotional veracity meets appetitive voracity as a damaged couple learn to eat together
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July 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"emotional veracity meets appetitive voracity as a damaged couple learn to eat together": Aimee Kuge's rom-com horror CANNIBAL MUKBANG (2023)
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The claustrum encodes and scales appetitive feeding https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.21.753287v1
September 28, 2026 at 4:15 PM
The claustrum encodes and scales appetitive feeding https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.21.753287v1
The claustrum encodes and scales appetitive feeding https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.21.753287v1
September 28, 2026 at 4:15 PM
The claustrum encodes and scales appetitive feeding https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.21.753287v1
Nucleus accumbens dopamine encodes the trace period during appetitive Pavlovian conditioning
I will also be curious to know what is the time course of behavior during the trace delay
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
I will also be curious to know what is the time course of behavior during the trace delay
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
February 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Nucleus accumbens dopamine encodes the trace period during appetitive Pavlovian conditioning
I will also be curious to know what is the time course of behavior during the trace delay
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
I will also be curious to know what is the time course of behavior during the trace delay
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Multiple relations? Hmmm.. Appetitive.
June 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Multiple relations? Hmmm.. Appetitive.
Beautiful angel is toying her pussy
Lovely brunette having appetitive breasts is enjoying solo session outdoors. She is touching herself and dildoin her lovely twat with pleasure.
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Lovely brunette having appetitive breasts is enjoying solo session outdoors. She is touching herself and dildoin her lovely twat with pleasure.
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June 27, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Beautiful angel is toying her pussy
Lovely brunette having appetitive breasts is enjoying solo session outdoors. She is touching herself and dildoin her lovely twat with pleasure.
landing.babesnetwork.com?ats=eyJhIjoz...
Lovely brunette having appetitive breasts is enjoying solo session outdoors. She is touching herself and dildoin her lovely twat with pleasure.
landing.babesnetwork.com?ats=eyJhIjoz...