The Compass of Pleasure

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.

出版者:Viking Adult

作者:David J. Linden

页数:240

出版时间:2011-4-14

价格:GBP 16.85

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780670022588

图书标签:脑科学神經科學英文原版心理学NeuroScience神经科学英语美国

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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.

读后感

这本书的原名非常长，叫做：the compass of pleasure: how our brain make fatty foods, orgasm, exercise, marijuana, generosity, vodka, learning, and gambling feel so good. 我更喜欢原意：快乐的指南针。题目中的几个关键词概括了全书的内涵，即大脑、食物、赌博以及某...  

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，...  

作者讲述了不少关于大脑内部与愉悦有关的科学研究成果，可能是本书打分不高的原因。在大脑功能上提醒我还有欲望这个变量，欲望的产生显然是有着坚实的生物进化基础的。宗教上所谓消除欲望的想法对大多数人而言是不现实的，也从另一方面揭示了减肥有多难。当人的体重明显减少的...  

难得看一回纯科普读本。没有一般非虚构类的那种所谓结论。就是分析讲解一些科学实验和事实。而且难得的是翻译得还相当通俗易懂，可读性非常好。 做完笔记发现自己并没有把成瘾这件事的原因记录下来.... 凭印象，主要是多巴胺的回路，在某个大脑纹路产生电流快感，让你不间断的...  

这本书的原名非常长，叫做：the compass of pleasure: how our brain make fatty foods, orgasm, exercise, marijuana, generosity, vodka, learning, and gambling feel so good. 我更喜欢原意：快乐的指南针。题目中的几个关键词概括了全书的内涵，即大脑、食物、赌博以及某...  

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趣味性强的科普书 脑科学辅以小八卦小故事 寓教于乐

非常好，第二、第四章尤佳

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。

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.