The Neurobiology Of Pleasure
Saturday, August 22, 2009 - 21:49
in Biology & Nature
A sense of pleasure generated by the brain’s hedonic neural systems is fundamental to daily life and it's been essential for evolution and the survival of humans and most animals, say Morten Kringelbach and Kent Berridge, editors of a new book to be published by Oxford University Press in October 2009 called Pleasures of the Brain. read more
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