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The Science Seminar Series: January 26, 2006
The Biology of Human Consumption & the Ethics of Sustainability
Dr. Marc Pratarelli, Department of Psychology
Colorado State University
Pueblo, CO
Please note room change to: POWELL HALL AUDITORIUMTime: 4:30 - 5:30pm
Abstract
What looms on the horizon for the success (survival) of the human species? New evidence and a theoretical framework from evolutionary biology has ushered in the latest micro-revolution within the information processing framework that has guided behavioral sciences for the last 50 years. Understanding the biological motivations that underlie consumption and consumerism can help us understand the likelihood of successfully adopting sustainable economic policies and practices. These are predicated on a rational-empirical model of human-nature. This talk will address the biology of human consumptive behavior.