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

Behavioral and Brain Sciences 29 (2):180-181 (2006)
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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. (Published Online April 5 2006).

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