The Pleasure Center : Trust Your Animal Instincts
Morten L. Kringelbach
Bok Engelsk 2008 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Oxford : : Oxford University Press, USA, , 2008.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (300 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; 1 The Challenge: Know Thyself?; 2 Decisions: Social Intelligence in the World; 3 Consciousness: Artificial Pleasures and Desires in Other Bodies?; 4 Emotions: Happiness, Fear, and Trembling; 5 Sensation: Making Sense; 6 Memories: To Forget is to Remember; 7 Learning: Emotions and Thoughts; 8 Madness: Malignant Desires; 9 Stimulants: Pain and Pleasure, Food and Drugs; 10 Sex: Reproducing Love; 11 Future Considerations: Where Do We Go From Here?; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index. - 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 huma
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| ISBN | 9780195322859
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