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.