Super stimulated : how our biology is being manipulated to create bad habits - and what we can do about it
Brendborg, Nicklas2025
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Superstimuli are behaviours, objects and social cues that are exaggerated, unnatural versions of things we have evolved to want and need. This hard-wired evolutionary response is why we lust after airbrushed people online, binge on fake ultra processed food and struggle to stop scrolling on social media, even when it makes us feel bad. This lack of control isn't because we are weak. It's because powerful companies spend billions creating superstimuli that manipulate our biology for profit, leaving us unhealthy and unhappy as a consequence. In this book, author and scientist Nicklas Brendborg shows how we can resist this hijacking of our natural instincts, recognise superstimulus traps, and take control of our bad habits to live longer, healthier lives.
Main title:
Author:
Brendborg, Nicklas, author
Imprint:
London : Hodder, 2025.
Collation:
288 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781399735148 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
7622574
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Keynes Central Library | Adult non-fiction | 158.1 BRE | On order |