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Compass of Pleasure
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URL: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-compass-pleasure

Proper Citation: Compass of Pleasure (RRID:SCR_004756)

Description: A blog written by David J. Linden, Ph.D., professor of Neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, focusing on the brain''s pleasure circuits. Topics covered include exercise, pleasure and the brain; and understanding the biology of runners high. The Compass of Pleasure: How Our Brains Make Fatty Foods, Orgasm, Exercise, Marijuana, Generosity, Vodka, Learning, and Gambling Feel So Good is also a book and available for purchase. David J. Linden, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His laboratory has worked for many years on the cellular substrates of memory storage in the brain and a few other topics. He has a longstanding interest in scientific communication and serves as the Chief Editor of the Journal of Neurophysiology. He has written two books for a general audience about the biological basis of mental function: The Compass of Pleasure (Viking Press, 2011) and The Accidental Mind (Harvard/Belknap, 2007).

Abbreviations: Compass of Pleasure

Synonyms: The Compass of Pleasure: Vice virtue and the brain''s pleasure circuits, The Compass of Pleasure

Resource Type: data or information resource, blog, narrative resource

Keywords: brain, pleasure circuit, exercise, pleasure, book

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