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The Compass Of Pleasure
This episode explores the neuroscience of pleasure, revealing how our brain's reward system shapes our desires and can lead us from natural gratification to compulsive addiction.
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“This episode explores the neuroscience of pleasure, revealing how our brain's reward system shapes our desires and can lead us from natural gratification to compulsive addiction.”
— David J. Linden, The Compass Of Pleasure
Neuroscience, Addiction, Desire, Reward System
If you've ever felt trapped by a habit you can't explain, or wondered why some pleasures become compulsions, this will clarify the biological roots of desire, and this will help you see what to do next.
David J. Linden, a professor of neuroscience, brings decades of research into the brain's reward circuitry, offering a clear, accessible map of how pleasure and addiction are wired into our biology.