Supernormal stimuli
Subtitle: how primal urges overran their evolutionary purpose
By: Deirdre Barrett.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780393068481
Subjects: Evolutionary psychology; Behavior evolution
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What are supernormal stimuli?; title: Making the ordinary seem strange; title: Sex for dummies; title: Too cute; title: Foraging in food courts; title: Defending home, hearth, and hedge fund; title: Vicarious social settings from Shakespeare to survivor; title: Intellectual pursuits as supernormal stimuli; title: Conclusion: get off the plaster egg.