| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 318 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Reciprocity in primates / Sarah F. Brosnan, Frans B.M. de Waal, and Darby Proctor -- Fundamental motives for why we buy / Vladas Griskevicius, Joseph P. Redden, and Joshua M. Ackerman -- Evolutionary instincts of Homo consumericus / Gad Saad -- Myopia, hyperbolic discounting, and mental time travel : evolutionary accounts of lifetime decisions / Stephen E.G. Lea -- Simple heuristics for deciding what to eat / Peter M. Todd and Sara L. Minard -- Decisions, memory, and the neuroecology of food-storing birds / David F. Sherry -- Psychology of acquisitiveness / Stephanie D. Preston and Brian D. Vickers -- Tightwads, spendthrifts, and the pain of paying : new insights and open questions / Scott I. Rick -- Appetite, consumption, and choice in the human brain / Brian Knutson and Uma Karmarkar -- Incentive salience in addiction and over-consumption / Michael J.F. Robinson, Terry E. Robinson, and Kent C. Berridge. |
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Balancing consumption : brain insights from pleasure cycles / Morten L. Kringelbach -- How expectencies shape consumption experiences / Hilke Plassmann and Tor D. Wager -- Development of saving / Paul Webley -- Consumer behavior across the life span : a life history theory perspective / Chiraag Mittal, Vladas Griskevicius, and Bruce J. Ellis -- Older adults as consumers : an examination of differences by birth cohort / Noah J. Webster [and 5 others] -- Consumption as pollution : why other people's spending matters / Robert H. Frank. |
| Summary |
Scholars from psychology, neuroscience, economics, animal behavior, and evolution describe the latest research on the causes and consequences of overconsumption. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Consumer behavior.
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Consumer behavior. |
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Consumption (Economics) -- Psychological aspects.
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Consumption (Economics) -- Psychological aspects. |
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Consumption (Economics) |
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Consumers -- Psychology.
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Consumers -- Psychology. |
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Neuropsychology.
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Neuropsychology. |
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Evolutionary psychology.
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Evolutionary psychology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Preston, Stephanie D. (Stephanie Delphine), editor.
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Kringelbach, Morten L., editor.
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Knutson, Brian, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Interdisciplinary science of consumption. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, [2014] 9780262027670 (DLC) 2013050848 (OCoLC)868147625 |
| ISBN |
9780262325387 (electronic book) |
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0262325381 (electronic book) |
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9780262325394 |
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026232539X |
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9780262027670 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0262027674 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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