"Our sensory and attentional systems are tuned via evolution and experience to be selective," says Dennis Proffitt, a cognitive psychologist at the University of Virginia.

“我们的感知力和注意力系统将通过进化和经验被微调成有选择性的。”弗吉尼亚大学的认知心理学家丹尼斯·普罗菲特说道。

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Buyers for the other Proffitt's chains don't want it and don't have to stock it.

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Proffitt's centralizes real estate, financial operations and information technology, but each division maintains its own buying office.

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But the sort of savings in merchandising that Proffitt's other acquisitions yielded look more remote this time.

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