# Is foraging behaviour regulated the same way in humans and worms?

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**Created:** [November 6, 2018, 12:54am UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/is-foraging-behaviour-regulated-the-same-way-in-humans-and-worms/958 "2018-11-06T00:54:36Z")\
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> **[Is foraging behaviour regulated the same way in humans and worms?](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181105104955.htm)**
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> How does our nervous system motivate us to get off the sofa and walk to the fridge, or even to the supermarket, to get food? A research team investigated this using the threadworm Caenorhabditis elegans. The results indicate how foraging behavior in...

  
How does our nervous system motivate us to get off the sofa and walk to the fridge, or even to the supermarket, to get food? A research team investigated this using the threadworm Caenorhabditis elegans. The results indicate how foraging behavior in higher animals might have evolved.