The neurobiology of pleasure

National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavorial Medicine (U.S.) (Added Author).

Summary: David J. Linden, the chief editor of the Journal of neurophysiology and author of the Compass of pleasure talks about why we need pleasure; how stress sets up the potential for addiction; the surprising similarity between the brain of a politician, a CEO and an addict; why addiction involves learning and what this means for treatment; fats, sugars and the pleasure circuit and why ideas can be pleasure-inducing.

Record details

Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
1 DVD-video : sd. col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Mansfield Center, Conn. : National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine, [2012].

Content descriptions

General Note:	Accompanied by transcript.
Formatted Contents Note:	Why the brain is not the super-computer you might think -- How to build "Clever us" out of the brain's inefficient parts -- Evolutionary reasons why we need pleasure -- Dopamine and the pleasure circuit -- Leaders and addicts: the traits they share -- How stress sets up the environment for addiction -- The addictive-pleasure connection -- Wanting pleasure, but liking it less -- Fats, sugar, weight, and pleasure: the impact of evolution on culture -- How ideas can be pleasure-inducing.
Participant or Performer Note:	Narrator, David Linden, Ruth Buczynski.
System Details Note:	DVD-R.