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The ‘local’ stimulus theory of hunger is associated with which name?

Correct answer B. Cannon

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Walter Cannon and A. L. Washburn proposed that hunger is caused by stomach contractions, showing in 1912 that hunger pangs coincided with contractions recorded by a swallowed balloon.

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