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Author |
: David J. Linden |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 242 |
Release |
: 2012-04-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780143120759 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0143120751 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (59 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Compass of Pleasure by : David J. Linden
From the New York Times bestselling author comes a "hugely entertaining" (NPR.org) look at vice and virtue through cutting-edge science As he did in his award-winning book The Accidental Mind, David J. Linden—highly regarded neuroscientist, professor, and writer—weaves empirical science with entertaining anecdotes to explain how the gamut of behaviors that give us a buzz actually operates. The Compass of Pleasure makes clear why drugs like nicotine and heroin are addictive while LSD is not, how fast food restaurants ensure that diners will eat more, why some people cannot resist the appeal of a new sexual encounter, and much more. Provocative and illuminating, this is a radically new and thorough look at the desires that define us.
Author |
: David J. Linden |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 262 |
Release |
: 2011-04-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781101476413 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1101476419 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Compass of Pleasure by : David J. Linden
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 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.
Author |
: David J. Linden |
Publisher |
: National Geographic Books |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2012-04-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780143120759 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0143120751 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (59 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Compass of Pleasure by : David J. Linden
From the New York Times bestselling author comes a "hugely entertaining" (NPR.org) look at vice and virtue through cutting-edge science As he did in his award-winning book The Accidental Mind, David J. Linden—highly regarded neuroscientist, professor, and writer—weaves empirical science with entertaining anecdotes to explain how the gamut of behaviors that give us a buzz actually operates. The Compass of Pleasure makes clear why drugs like nicotine and heroin are addictive while LSD is not, how fast food restaurants ensure that diners will eat more, why some people cannot resist the appeal of a new sexual encounter, and much more. Provocative and illuminating, this is a radically new and thorough look at the desires that define us.
Author |
: David J. Linden |
Publisher |
: Penguin Books |
Total Pages |
: 274 |
Release |
: 2016-01-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780143128441 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0143128442 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis Touch by : David J. Linden
The "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Compass of Pleasure" examines how our sense of touch is interconnected with our emotions Dual-function receptors in our skin make mint feel cool and chili peppers hot.
Author |
: David J. Linden |
Publisher |
: Harvard University Press |
Total Pages |
: 361 |
Release |
: 2012-10-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780674076617 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0674076613 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Accidental Mind by : David J. Linden
You've probably seen it before: a human brain dramatically lit from the side, the camera circling it like a helicopter shot of Stonehenge, and a modulated baritone voice exalting the brain's elegant design in reverent tones. To which this book says: Pure nonsense. In a work at once deeply learned and wonderfully accessible, the neuroscientist David Linden counters the widespread assumption that the brain is a paragon of design--and in its place gives us a compelling explanation of how the brain's serendipitous evolution has resulted in nothing short of our humanity. A guide to the strange and often illogical world of neural function, The Accidental Mind shows how the brain is not an optimized, general-purpose problem-solving machine, but rather a weird agglomeration of ad-hoc solutions that have been piled on through millions of years of evolutionary history. Moreover, Linden tells us how the constraints of evolved brain design have ultimately led to almost every transcendent human foible: our long childhoods, our extensive memory capacity, our search for love and long-term relationships, our need to create compelling narrative, and, ultimately, the universal cultural impulse to create both religious and scientific explanations. With forays into evolutionary biology, this analysis of mental function answers some of our most common questions about how we've come to be who we are.
Author |
: David Linden |
Publisher |
: Basic Books |
Total Pages |
: 265 |
Release |
: 2020-09-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781541698871 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1541698878 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (71 Downloads) |
Synopsis Unique by : David Linden
Inspired by the abundance of unique personalities available on dating websites, a renowned neuroscientist examines the science of what makes you, you. David J. Linden has devoted his career to understanding the biology common to all humans. But a few years ago he found himself on OkCupid. Looking through that vast catalog of human diversity, he got to wondering: What makes us all so different? Unique is the riveting answer. Exploring everything from the roots of sexuality, gender, and intelligence to whether we like bitter beer, Linden shows how our individuality results not from a competition of nature versus nurture, but rather from a mélange of genes continually responding to our experiences in the world, beginning in the womb. And he shows why individuality matters, as it is our differences that enable us to live together in groups. Told with Linden's unusual combination of authority and openness, seriousness of purpose and wit, Unique is the story of how the factors that make us all human can change and interact to make each of us a singular person.
Author |
: Priscilla Cogan |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 352 |
Release |
: 1998 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780684847641 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0684847647 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis Compass of the Heart by : Priscilla Cogan
A cross-cultural romance between an American Indian and a white woman. The heroine is Dr. Meggie O'Connor, a psychologist who studied under an Indian medicine woman who brought them together, even though the Indian is married. By the author of Winona's Web.
Author |
: Edition Shortcut (author) |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 1901 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1005643733 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781005643737 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Synopsis SUMMARY by : Edition Shortcut (author)
Author |
: Mathias Énard |
Publisher |
: New Directions Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 454 |
Release |
: 2018-03-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780811226639 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0811226638 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Synopsis Compass by : Mathias Énard
Winner of the 2015 Prix Goncourt, an astounding novel that bridges Europe and the Islamic world Winner of the Prix Goncourt (France), the Leipzig Prize (Germany), Premio Von Rezzori (Italy), shortlisted for the 2017 International Man Booker Prize, shortlisted for the Dublin Literary Award As night falls over Vienna, Franz Ritter, an insomniac musicologist, takes to his sickbed with an unspecified illness and spends a restless night drifting between dreams and memories, revisiting the important chapters of his life: his ongoing fascination with the Middle East and his numerous travels to Istanbul, Aleppo, Damascus, and Tehran, as well as the various writers, artists, musicians, academics, orientalists, and explorers who populate this vast dreamscape. At the center of these memories is his elusive, unrequited love, Sarah, a fiercely intelligent French scholar caught in the intricate tension between Europe and the Middle East. With exhilarating prose and sweeping erudition, Mathias Énard pulls astonishing elements from disparate sources—nineteenth-century composers and esoteric orientalists, Balzac and Agatha Christie—and binds them together in a most magical way.
Author |
: Justine Toms |
Publisher |
: Hampton Roads Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 150 |
Release |
: 2008-08-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781612830261 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1612830269 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Synopsis Small Pleasures by : Justine Toms
Small Pleasures is a collection of forty-nine short meditative essays that help readers to turn aside from their chaotic lives for a while to experience grace and possibility in the small, critically important things in life. Author Justine Toms divides the book into five sections, each with essays that draw upon her many connections and her wealth of experiences:A Broad Horizon: How We See Ourselves in the WorldAnimals and Nature as TeacherBe an Activist without Driving Yourself CrazyWith a Little Help from Our Friends--Circles and FriendshipsCelebrations and Rituals With a foreword by author Carole Lee Flinders (co-author of Laurel's Kitchen), Small Pleasures offers many ways for readers to "tune-in" to their daily lives and connect with what is good, meaningful, and beautiful.