New Pleasure Principles


	New Pleasure Principles

einbar

7-14-2008 3:42 PM

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A neuroscientist discusses a few ways that pleasure shapes us and makes life more enjoyable.

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7-16-2008 8:20 AM

watergas

This sounds dangerous - putting an electrode in someones head... And if it's so pleasurable, you shouldn't give this person the control for the electrode!

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medicine? </B><BR>We can implant electrodes in the brain of a person in pain. 
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balances itself, and while you can help restore that balance temporarily, you 
can't permanently swing it one way or the other. That's why many people, even 
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