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The Omnivorous Mind

Our Evolving Relationship with Food

John S. Allen

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$41.00 • £35.95 • €37.95

ISBN 9780674055728

Publication Date: 05/15/2012

328 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

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John S. Allen is Research Scientist at Dornsife Cognitive Neuroscience Imaging Center and the Brain and Creativity Institute, University of Southern California.

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Listen to Allen discuss the neurologic underpinnings of emotional eating on the BBC World Service program The Food Chain [at 14:16]
On NPR’s All Things Considered, listen to John Allen discuss the human brain’s long-standing association, “food=love”, and why humans yearn for delicious sensation of crispiness
Read Allen’s essay on crispiness in the Chronicle Review
Listen to a discussion with Allen on Science Friday with Ira Flatow
Read an excerpt from The Omnivorous Mind at PopMatters
Read more about the more titillating aspects of food at Smithsonian’s “Food & Think” blog
On the HUP Blog, Allen wrote about the powerful role that food plays in human memory

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