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.
by/渔歌 中世纪的西方世界强调禁欲,人们生活在宗教的压制之下。相比之下,处在东方的中国,自南宋以后,也逐渐对欲望尤其是性欲战战兢兢。到了清代,封建社会的伦理纲常更是进一步的强调修身节制。 与之相反,古希腊的众神从未停止过对欲望的追求和满足。以至于赫拉难免防着...
评分我们被谁控制?《愉悦回路》 这是一本讲述大脑工作的科普书,说是科普,里面的术语挺多的。无论是动物还是人类都渴望快乐,这是人类的本性,一旦获得了快乐,那么就想要长久的保持下去,这就是成瘾。 能够让人类成瘾的很多,比如酗酒,吸毒,比如电子游戏,比如老饕,...
评分追求快乐是人类与生俱来的一种本能! 追求快乐的生物学基础:大脑愉悦回路,两个主要单位:(1)内侧前脑束(一束神经元) (2)多巴胺(一种神经递质,主要与高兴有关,起奖赏功能) 人为激活愉悦回路的两种方式:(1)植入电极操控(对正常人没有应用,道德上不太允许) (2...
评分通过阅读能够了解,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...
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
评分没看完……作者开头说好的少用专业名词尽量通俗易懂呢?VTA LTP LTD LSD都是些什么鬼?废话好多故事没完没了。总之就是别碰毒品,你的意志力战胜不了大脑。
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.
评分趣味性强的科普书 脑科学辅以小八卦小故事 寓教于乐
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.
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