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Author Allen, John S. (John Scott), 1961-

Title The Omnivorous Mind : Our Evolving Relationship with Food / John S. Allen
Published Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (319 pages) : illustrations
Contents Crispy -- The two-legged, large-brained, small-faced, superomnivorous ape -- Food and the sensuous brain -- Eating more, eating less -- Memories of food and eating -- Categories : good food, bad food, yes food, no food -- Food and the creative journey -- Theory of mind, theory of food?
Summary Explores how the everyday activity of eating provides deep insights into humanity's cultural and biological heritage, starting with the diets of our earliest ancestors, and examines eating's role in the evolution of the brain
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Food -- Psychological aspects
Food habits -- Psychological aspects
Diet -- Psychological aspects
Nutrition -- Psychological aspects.
Omnivores.
Cognition.
Brain -- Evolution.
Human evolution.
Brain -- physiology
Diet -- psychology
Eating -- psychology
Food Preferences -- psychology
Feeding Behavior -- psychology
Cognition
cognition.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- Eating Disorders.
SELF-HELP -- Eating Disorders.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Evolution.
Brain -- Evolution
Cognition
Diet -- Psychological aspects
Food habits -- Psychological aspects
Food -- Psychological aspects
Human evolution
Nutrition -- Psychological aspects
Omnivores
Ernährungsgewohnheit
Evolutionstheorie
Kultursoziologie
Levensmiddelen.
Culturele aspecten.
Psychologische aspecten.
Ernährungsgewohnheit.
Hominisation.
Mensch.
Gehirn.
Evolution.
Kognition.
Psychologie.
Allesfresser.
Mat -- psykologiska aspekter.
Matvanor -- psykologiska aspekter.
Kosthåll -- psykologiska aspekter.
Nutrition -- psykologiska aspekter.
Kognition.
Hjärna -- evolution.
Människans utveckling.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011047859
ISBN 9780674069879
0674069870
9780674064737
0674064739