The Interdisciplinary Science of Consumption - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 0262027674 ISBN 13 : 9780262027670

Editeur : The MIT Press, 2014

Synopsis

Scholars from psychology, neuroscience, economics, animal behavior, and evolution describe the latest research on the causes and consequences of overconsumption.

Our drive to consume—our desire for food, clothing, smart phones, and megahomes—evolved from our ancestors' drive to survive. But the psychological and neural processes that originally evolved to guide mammals toward resources that are necessary but scarce may mislead us in modern conditions of material abundance. Such phenomena as obesity, financial bubbles, hoarding, and shopping sprees suggest a mismatch between our instinct to consume and our current environment. This volume brings together research from psychology, neuroscience, economics, marketing, animal behavior, 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.

Taken together, the chapters make the case for an emerging interdisciplinary science of consumption that reflects commonalities across species, domains, and fields of inquiry. By carefully comparing mechanisms that underlie seemingly disparate outcomes, we can achieve a unified understanding of consumption that could benefit both science and society.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Stephanie D. Preston is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan

Morten L. Kringelbach is Professor of Neuroscience at Aarhus University and Oxford University.

Brian Knutson is Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Stanford University.

Stephanie D. Preston is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan

Morten L. Kringelbach is Professor of Neuroscience at Aarhus University and Oxford University.

Brian Knutson is Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Stanford University.

Peter M. Todd is Professor of Informatics, Cognitive Science, and Psychology at Indiana University.

Stephanie D. Preston is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan

Brian Knutson is Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Stanford University.

Morten L. Kringelbach is Professor of Neuroscience at Aarhus University and Oxford University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The MIT Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0262027674
• ISBN 13: 9780262027670
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 344
• Éditeur: Preston Stephanie D., Kringelbach Morten L., Knutson Brian
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