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.
David J. Linden is a professor of neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University of Medicine. The author of more than ninety scientific papers, he also serves as the editor in chief of The Journal of Neurphysiology. His work has received awards from the Sloan, McKnight and Klingenstein Foundations as well as those of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the Society for Neuroscience.
通过阅读能够了解,很多能让我们感到快乐的事情是如何在大脑中经过复杂的化学作用最终输出快乐的。而且每一个愉悦回路都是不断自我更新的系统,这个原理建立在大脑本就是用进废退的器官的基础之上,所以,让我们快乐的事情越来越少,因为以往能让我们快乐的事情在周而复始之后...
评分弓不可能永远弯曲,如果没有合法的娱乐,人性或人性的弱点将难以生存。---《堂吉诃德》1605年 《愉悦回路》的作者林登教授是位很“神奇”的作者:原本从小立志成为海洋生物学家的他在大二面临海洋生物学和神经科学之间作出职业选择的时候,两相对比,无从选择,居然选择了辍学...
评分林登博士把那个不是关在实验室不谙世事的书呆子,他热爱音乐,也爱写作,利用自己的作品,他简洁的解答了普通读者关于大脑的疑惑。以案例和故事有趣的解读了我们身体中那一整套经常违反直觉的触摸系统的神秘面纱。他尝试从另一个更基础的角度去看待这个问题——跨文化生物学的...
评分 评分1111我真的是一种病。我的手机号码都是一样一样滴滴我也是醉了。我们都在一起了。我的确很爱很简单。我的人生是有很多人和人和你在一起了。我们都在这里了。我的人生是我问问自己为什么会这么做了什么时候回家呢。我们都在这里等着我了。你在干嘛的呀!你的孩子也不在一起就好...
对药品、性、食物、慈善等各种可令人上瘾的事务进行了神经层面的解释,值得一看
评分对药品、性、食物、慈善等各种可令人上瘾的事务进行了神经层面的解释,值得一看
评分3.5星吧。太多的内容都还是active research并没有定论的,整本书可能听npr介绍就足够了。一句总结:乐趣和上瘾都有大脑里面的根源,derive moderate pleasure from various sources.
评分最有意思的教材
评分basically a book-length literature review. still fun to read
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