Historical Background of Food Scholarship in Psychology and Major Theoretical Approaches in Use

Authors

Kima Cargill, University of Washington TacomaFollow

Publication Date

2012

Document Type

Book Chapter

Abstract

Psychology and food studies spans virtually every "sub-discipline" of the field. Methodologies vary and the utility of the scholarship spans from cultural and ethnic facets of food experiences to the neuronal level of how our brains respond to specific tastes, smells, and ingredients. Most of the scholarship has focused on a few circumscribed areas, namely eating disorders, obesity, and intake regulation, in addition to a smaller handful of scholarship which has championed the cultural and ethnic facts of the psychology of food. In recent years new work has emerged in clinical, cultural, cognitive, experimental, neuro, and evolutionary psychology.

Publication Title

Routledge International Handbook Of Food Studies

First Page

39

Last Page

47

Recommended Citation

Cargill, K. (2012). Historical background of food scholarship in psychology and major theoretical approaches in use. In K. Albala (Ed.), Routledge handbook of food studies (pp. 39-47). New York, NY: Routledge