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Does the “incentive hope” hypothesis explain food-wasting behavior among humans? Yes and no

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 March 2019

Michał Misiak ,
Piotr Sorokowski  and
Maciej Karwowski Open the ORCID record for Maciej Karwowski [Opens in a new window]
Michał Misiak
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, 50-527 Wroclaw, Poland. michal.misiak@uwr.edu.plPiotr.sorokowski@uwr.edu.plmaciej.karwowski@uwr.edu.plwww.michalmisiak.comwww.maciej-karwowski.pl
Piotr Sorokowski
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, 50-527 Wroclaw, Poland. michal.misiak@uwr.edu.plPiotr.sorokowski@uwr.edu.plmaciej.karwowski@uwr.edu.plwww.michalmisiak.comwww.maciej-karwowski.pl
Maciej Karwowski
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, 50-527 Wroclaw, Poland. michal.misiak@uwr.edu.plPiotr.sorokowski@uwr.edu.plmaciej.karwowski@uwr.edu.plwww.michalmisiak.comwww.maciej-karwowski.pl
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Abstract

In this commentary, we discuss how the “incentive hope” hypothesis explains differences in food-wasting behaviors among humans. We stress that the role of relevant ecological characteristics should be taken into consideration together with the incentive hope hypothesis: population mobility, animal domestication, and food-wasting visibility.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 42 , 2019 , e46
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