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Hunger: The "Proverbial" Emotion?

Michael McCullough PhD on March 10, 2021

We have come to think of hunger as a "drive," but we really ought to be thinking of it as an "emotion," with a long reach into our bodies, thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

We have come to think of hunger as a "drive," but we really ought to be thinking of it as an "emotion," with a long reach into our bodies, thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.