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The omnivorous mind : our evolving relationship with food / John S. Allen.

Title
The omnivorous mind : our evolving relationship with food / John S. Allen.
Author
Allen, John S. (John Scott), 1961-
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.

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319 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
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.
Subject
  • Food > Psychological aspects
  • Food habits > Psychological aspects
  • Diet > Psychological aspects
  • Nutrition > Psychological aspects
  • Omnivores
  • Cognition
  • Brain > Evolution
  • Human evolution
  • Diet > psychology
  • Brain > physiology
  • Eating > psychology
  • Feeding Behavior > psychology
  • Food Preferences > psychology
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Crispy -- The Two-Legged, Large-Brained, Small-Faced, and 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?
ISBN
9780674055728 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2011047859
OCLC
758384069
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library