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Explain neural and hormonal mechanisms in eating behaviour, including the hypothalamus, ghrelin and leptin.
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Eating behaviour
Aqa A Level PsychologyPaper 3 Issues and Options in Psychology
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Explain neural and hormonal mechanisms in eating behaviour, including the hypothalamus, ghrelin and leptin
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- The key ideas to know are ghrelin, hypothalamus, and eating behaviour.
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ghrelinhypothalamuseating behaviourleptin
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