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Supernormal Stimuli (2010) (edit title/settings)

How Primal Urges Overran Their Evolutionary Purpose

by Deirdre Barrett (Author) (edit contributors)

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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... read more

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  1. Deirdre Barrett (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Publication Date: 22 February 2010
ISBN: 978-0393068481
Page Count: 216

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  1. brain
  2. disconnect
  3. evolution
  4. instincts
  5. stimuli
  6. technology 

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