The pleasure instinct : why we crave adventure, chocolate, pheromones, and music / Gene Wallenstein.

Author/creator Wallenstein, Gene, 1964-
Format Book
Publication InfoHoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, ©2009.
Descriptionx, 245 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 215-233) and index.
LCCN 2008041537
ISBN9780471619154 (cloth)
ISBN0471619159 (cloth)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks BF515 .W29 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold