The Compass of Pleasure: How Our Brains Make Fatty Foods, Orgasm, Exercise, Marijuana, Generosity, Vodka, Learning, and Gambling Feel So Good
Linden, David J.
ISBN 10: 0670022586 ISBN 13: 9780670022588
Editorial: Viking, 2011
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Good condition ex-library book with usual library markings and stickers. N° de ref. del artículo 00109505453
Sinopsis:
The award-winning author of The Accidental Mind shares insights into how the experience of pleasure is chemically processed by the human brain, combining entertaining anecdotes with cutting-edge scientific findings to explain how pleasurable activities can become compulsive behaviors. 25,000 first printing.
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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.
David J. Linden is a professor of neuroscience at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The author of The Accidental Mind (2007), he serves as the editor in chief of The Journal of Neurophysiology. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland, with his two pleasure-seeking children.
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Título: The Compass of Pleasure: How Our Brains Make...
Editorial: Viking
Año de publicación: 2011
Encuadernación: Encuadernación de tapa dura
Condición: Good