Paying for pain: What motivates tough mudders and other weekend warriors?

Wednesday, March 22, 2017 - 13:42 in Psychology & Sociology

Why do people pay for experiences deliberately marketed as painful? According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, consumers will pay big money for extraordinary—even painful—experiences to offset the physical malaise resulting from today's sedentary lifestyles.

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