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Money as tool, money as resource: The biology of collecting items for their own sake

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2006

David A. Booth
David A. Booth*
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West MidlandsB15 2TT, United Kingdomhttp://psg422.bham.ac.uk/staff
*
D.A.Booth@Bham.ac.UK
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Abstract

Money does not stimulate receptors in mimicry of natural agonists; so, by definition, money is not a drug. Attractions of money other than to purchase goods and services could arise from instincts similar to hoarding in other species. Instinctual activities without evolutionary function include earning a billion and writing for BBS.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , April 2006 , pp. 180 - 181
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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