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Compass of Pleasure : How Our Brains Make Fatty Foods, Orgasm, Exercise, Marijuana, Generosity, Vodka, Learning, and Gambling Feel So Good by David J. Linden (2011, Hardcover)
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Whether eating, taking drugs, engaging in sex, or doing good deeds, the pursuit of pleasure is a central drive of the human animal. Deckle Edge: Deckle edge is the feathered edge of a page. Traditionally and historically, this was a side effect of the process of making paper.
- Buy It NowThe Compass of Pleasure: David J. Linden. Viking; 1st edition. 2011
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100670022586
ISBN-139780670022588
eBay Product ID (ePID)92957072
Product Key Features
Book TitleCompass of Pleasure : How Our Brains Make Fatty Foods, Orgasm, Exercise, Marijuana, Generosity, Vodka, Learning, and Gambling Feel So Good
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2011
TopicLife Sciences / Neuroscience, Neuropsychology, Emotions
GenreScience, Psychology
AuthorDavid J. Linden
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight14.7 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2010-035380
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"A hugely entertaining look at why we enjoy the things we enjoy. ... There's hardcore biology here, but it's tempered with personal anecdotes, penetrating observations and quotes from the likes of comedian Mitch Hedberg and Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy. If you're science-phobic, don't worry: Linden is incredibly smart, but comes across as the funny, patient professor you wish you'd had in college." - National Public Radio , Michael Schaub "This cheerful summary of the brain's reward system is a profound experience... Pleasure is a superb book. My brain has been changed by reading it." - The Guardian (UK), Leo Benedictus
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal612.8
SynopsisA 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 Pleasure Johns 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 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.
LC Classification NumberQP401.L56 2011
