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Supernormal Stimuli: How Primal Urges Overran Their Evolutionary Purpose
Supernormal Stimuli How Primal Urges Overran Their Evolutionary Purpose
Author: Deirdre Barrett
A Harvard psychologist explains how our once-helpful instincts get hijacked in our garish modern world. Our instincts?for food, sex, or territorial protection? evolved for life on the savannahs 10,000 years ago, not in today?s world of densely populated cities, technological innovations, and pollution. We now have access to a g...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780393068481
ISBN-10: 039306848X
Publication Date: 2/22/2010
Pages: 216
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Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Book Type: Hardcover
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