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Consumption Makes Us Sad? Science Says We Can Be Happy With Less
Too Much Stuff
Psychologists say your loss of interest in the gifts you just received may be hedonic adaptation.
Barry Schwartz
Published
Jan. 14 2012
11:50AM EST
Sandy Huffaker / Corbis
Barry Schwartz
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