The Compass of Pleasure
how our brains make fatty foods, orgasm, exercise, marijuana, generosity, vodka, learning, and gambling feel so good
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Author
Publication
2011 - Viking, New York, USA, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
57,500 words, Guess
Page Count
230 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL24881007M
- ISBN-139780670022588
- OCLC Control Number650211164
- OCLC Control Numbercompassofpleasur00lind
- Library of Congress Control Number2010035380
Classifications
- DDC612.8
- LCCQP401 .L56 2011
Description
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. Here, Johns Hopkins neuroscientist David J. Linden explains how pleasure affects us at the most fundamental level: in our brain. As he did in 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 search for safe appetite suppressants been such a disappointment? The Compass of Pleasure concludes with a provocative consideration of pleasure in the future, when it may be possible to activate our pleasure circuits at will and in entirely novel patterns.--From publisher description.
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