1 The Internal Environment and Appetitive Measures of Taste Function in the Rat. - 2 Animal Motivation: The Beginning of the End?. - 3 Plasticity in Control Systems for Insect Feeding Behavior. - 4 Vertebrate Taste Receptors. - 5 Volta and Taste Psychophysiology. - 6 What Makes a Caterpillar Eat? The Sensory Code Underlying Feeding Behavior. - 7 Chemoreception in the Fly: The Search for the Liverwurst Receptor. - 8 The Strange Fate of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids. - 9 The Role of Experience in the Host Selection of Phytophagous Insects. - 10 The Evolution of Deterrent Responses in Plant-Feeding Insects. - 11 Speculations Concerning the Large White Butterfly (Pieris brassicae L. ): Do the Females Assess the Number of Suitable Host Plants Present?. - Author Index. Language: English