| Title |
The pleasure instinct : why we crave adventure, chocolate, pheromones, and music / Gene Wallenstein. |
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| Publication Info. |
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, [2009] |
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©2009 |
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| Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department
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152.4 WALLENSTEIN |
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| Description |
x, 245 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-233) and index. |
| Contents |
The pleasure instinct and brain development -- Foibles and follies -- How to win friends and influence people -- What makes Sammy dance? -- The pleasures of the sensory world -- The pleasure of touch -- In praise of odors -- For the love of chocolate -- The evolution of the lullaby -- In search of pretty things -- The pleasure instinct and the modern experience -- Pleasure from proportion and symmetry -- Pleasure from repetition and rhythm -- Homo addictus -- Parsing pleasure. |
| Subject |
Pleasure.
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Pleasure-Pain Principle.
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| ISBN |
9780471619154 cloth |
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0471619159 cloth |
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