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Satiation occurs when a biological need or appetite(such as for hunger and thirst) is satisfied to a large degree.

There are a number of biological mechanisms which have been identified as underlying satiation.:

The satiety center in animals are located in arcuate nucleus of hypothalamus.

See alsoEdit

• Cholecystokinin
• Motivation
• Predator satiation, an anti-predator adaptation involving high population densities of the prey
• Satisfaction
• Semantic satiation, where repetition of a word or phrase causes it to temporarily lose meaning