The Pleasure Center

Trust Your Animal Instincts

Morten L. Kringelbach (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

304 Seiten

2008
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-532285-9 (ISBN)

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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.

Morten L. Kringelbach is Junior Research Fellow at The Queen's College, College Lecturer in Neuroscience at Trinity College, and Wellcome Research Fellow at University Laboratory for Physiology, University of Oxford.

Preface
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: Sensations: 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?
Acknowledgements
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	18.12.2008
Zusatzinfo	57 black and white photographs
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	211 x 140 mm
Gewicht	496 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	0-19-532285-1 / 0195322851
ISBN-13	978-0-19-532285-9 / 9780195322859
Zustand	Neuware