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Shahram Heshmat Ph.D.

About

Shahram Heshmat, Ph.D., is an associate professor emeritus at the University of Illinois at Springfield with a Ph.D. in managerial economics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He specializes in the health economics of addiction and obesity, applying the insights and findings that emerge from behavioral economics research to the decision processes underlying addictive behavior, obesity, and weight loss management. His most recent book is Eating Behavior and Obesity: Behavioral Economics Strategies for Health Professionals. He is currently working on a new book, Addiction: A Behavioral Economics Perspective, to be published by Routledge/Psychology Press.

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Recent Posts
The Joy of Music
We listen to music for many reasons—enjoyment, emotion regulation, social bonding, nostalgia, and expressing cultural identity—that benefit quality of life.
Memory and Musical Experience

When we listen to a certain song from years ago, we seem to travel back to that moment.

When we listen to a certain song from years ago, we seem to travel back to that moment.

How to Create a Durable Memory

We tend to remember things that are new, interesting, consequential, meaningful, and emotional.

We tend to remember things that are new, interesting, consequential, meaningful, and emotional.

8 Tips for Learning a New Skill

Lifelong learners get great satisfaction from pushing themselves to develop new skills.

Lifelong learners get great satisfaction from pushing themselves to develop new skills.

How Music Affects Us Emotionally

Music expresses emotion by somehow imitating the dynamics of our inner life.

Music expresses emotion by somehow imitating the dynamics of our inner life.

5 Ways We Can Experience Rhythm

In rhythmic experience, our bodies often engage with the music consciously or unconsciously.

In rhythmic experience, our bodies often engage with the music consciously or unconsciously.