Compass of Pleasure How Our Brains Make Fatty Foods, Orgasm, Exercise, Marijuana, Generosity, Vodka, Learning, and Gambling Feel So Good

Name: Compass of Pleasure How Our Brains Make Fatty Foods, Orgasm, Exercise, Marijuana, Generosity, Vodka, Learning, and Gambling Feel So Good
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ISBN: 9780670022588

ISBN-10: 0670022586

ISBN-13: 9780670022588

Edition: 2011

Authors: David J. Linden

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A leading brain scientist's look at the neurobiology of pleasure-and how pleasures can become addictions. Whether eating, taking drugs, engaging in sex, or doing good deeds, the pursuit of pleasure is a central drive of the human animal. In The Compass of PleasureJohns Hopkins neuroscientist David J. Linden explains how pleasure affects us at the most fundamental level: in our brain. As he did in his award-winning book, The Accidental Mind, Linden combines cutting-edge science with entertaining anecdotes to illuminate the source of the behaviors that can lead us to ecstasy but that can easily become compulsive. Why are drugs like nicotine and heroin addictive while LSD is not? Why has the…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/14/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 6.75" wide x 10.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Prologue



Mashing the Pleasure Button



Stoned Again



Feed Me



Your Sexy Brain



Gambling and Other Modern Compulsions



Virtuous Pleasures (and a Little Pain)



The Future of Pleasure


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index