Homo Consumericus

The nature and nurture of consumption.

The All-You-Can-Eat Chinese Buffet: Beware…Scientists Are Watching You!

Brian Wansink, a food psychologist at Cornell University, along with Collin R. Payne, recently published their findings of an observational study of behavioral patterns at an all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet. Specifically, they were interested in exploring whether a customer's body mass index is an important determinant of three classes of food-related behaviors namely seating, serving, and eating behaviors. Read on to find out all of the juicy details! Read More

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Gad Saad is Professor of Marketing at Concordia University and author of The Evolutionary Bases of Consumption and The Consuming Instinct.

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