The interdisciplinary science of consumption / Stephanie D. Preston, Morten L. Kringelbach, and Brian Knutson editors.

9780262325387 (ebook) :

Cambridge : The MIT Press, [2014]

©2014

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This volume brings together research from psychology, neuroscience, economics, marketing, animal behaviour, and evolution to explore the causes and consequences of consumption. Contributors consider such topics as how animal food-storing informs human consumption; the downside of evolved 'fast and frugal' rules for eating; how future discounting and the draw toward immediate rewards influence food consumption, addiction, and our ability to save; overconsumption as social display; and the policy implications of consumption science.

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May 05, 2016

Includes bibliographical references and index.