Pleasures of the Brain - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Pleasures of the Brain write by Morten L. Kringelbach. This book was released on 2010. Pleasures of the Brain available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Pleasure is fundamental to well-being and the quality of life, but until recently, was barely explored by science. Current research on pleasure has brought about ground-breaking developments on several fronts, and new data on pleasure and the brain have begun to converge from many disparate fields. The time is ripe to present these important findings in a single volume, and so Morten Kringelbach and Kent Berridge have brought together the leading researchers to provides a comprehensive review of our current scientific understanding of pleasure. The authors present their latest neuroscientific research into pleasure, describing studies on the brain's role in pleasure and reward in animals and humans, including brain mechanisms, neuroimaging data, and psychological analyses, as well as how their findings have been applied to clinical problems, such as depression and other disorders of hedonic well-being. To clarify the differences between their views, the researchers also provide short answers to a set of fundamental questions about pleasure and its relation to the brain. This book is intended to serve as both a starting point for readers new to the field, and as a reference for more experienced graduate students and scientists from fields such as neuroscience, psychology, psychiatry, neurology, and neurosurgery.
Emotion
Emotion - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Emotion write by Morten Kringelbach. This book was released on 2014-03. Emotion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Emotion provides a clear, contemporary review of our understanding of emotions and their neural basis - what is happening in our brains to make us 'feel the way we do'. It also explores emotional disorders, and how our understanding of emotion can be used to treat a range of psychiatric disorders.
The Compass of Pleasure
The Compass of Pleasure - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Compass of Pleasure write by David J. Linden. This book was released on 2012-04-24. The Compass of Pleasure available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like
How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like write by Paul Bloom. This book was released on 2010-06-14. How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Engaging, evocative…[Bloom] is a supple, clear writer, and his parade of counterintuitive claims about pleasure is beguiling." —NPR Why is an artistic masterpiece worth millions more than a convincing forgery? Pleasure works in mysterious ways, as Paul Bloom reveals in this investigation of what we desire and why. Drawing on a wealth of surprising studies, Bloom investigates pleasures noble and seamy, lofty and mundane, to reveal that our enjoyment of a given thing is determined not by what we can see and touch but by our beliefs about that thing’s history, origin, and deeper nature.
The Pleasure Center
The Pleasure Center - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Pleasure Center write by Morten L. Kringelbach. This book was released on 2009. The Pleasure Center available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Many people believe that pleasure and desire are obstacles to reasonable and intelligent behavior. In The Pleasure Center, Morten Kringelbach reveals that what we desire, what pleases us--in fact, our most base, animalistic tendencies--are actually very important sources of information. They motivate us for a good reason. And understanding that reason, taking that reason into account, and harnessing and directing that reason, can make us much more rational and effective people. In exploring the many facets of pleasure, desire and emotion, Kringelbach takes us through the whole spectrum of human experience, such as how emotion fuels our interest in things, allowing us to pay attention and learn. He investigates the reward systems of the brain and sheds light on some of the most interesting new discoveries about pleasure and desire. Kringelbach concludes that if we understand and accept how pleasure and desire arise in the complex interaction between the brain's activity and our own experiences, we can discover what helps us enjoy life, enabling us to make better decisions and, ultimately, lead happier lives.
