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

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 earn...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Behavioral and brain sciences 2006-04, Vol.29 (2), p.180-181
1. Verfasser: Booth, David A.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:0140-525X
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DOI:10.1017/S0140525X06279044