The interdisciplinary science of consumption

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

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

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Other Authors: Preston, Stephanie D. (Stephanie Delphine) (Editor), Kringelbach, Morten L. (Editor), Knutson, Brian (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Consumer behavior.
Consumption (Economics) > Psychological aspects.
Consumers > Psychology.
Neuropsychology.
Evolutionary psychology.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Macroeconomics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
PSYCHOLOGY > Movements > Behaviorism.
Consumer behavior
Consumers > Psychology
Consumption (Economics) > Psychological aspects
Evolutionary psychology
Neuropsychology
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Table of Contents:
  • Reciprocity in primates / Sarah F. Brosnan, Frans B.M. de Waal, and Darby Proctor
  • The fundamental motives for why we buy / Vladas Griskevicius, Joseph P. Redden, and Joshua M. Ackerman
  • The 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
  • The 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.
  • Balancing consumption : brain insights from pleasure cycles / Morten L. Kringelbach
  • How expectencies shape consumption experiences / Hilke Plassmann and Tor D. Wager
  • The 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.

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