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The Neuroscience of Pleasure
- superkuh 11y agoThis is another terrible article citing studies from ancient history that confuse incentive salience (wanting) mediated by the dopamimergic systems with the mostly gabaergic pleasure (liking). Don't waste your time. The ideas proposed in this Huffington Post article have been known to be wrong for almost 40 years now. edit Apparently it's an excerpt from his 2011 book and he's a professor at a university. There's no excuse for him spreading this bullshit. If you're interested in the actual neuroscience of pleasure then check out the publications from Kent Berridge's lab: http://lsa.umich.edu/psych/research&labs/berridge/Publications.htm http://lsa.umich.edu/psych/research&labs/berridge/Publicatio... Stick to the reviews if your neuroscience jargon is not strong. There's a few of them that are written for the laymen.