The Compass of Pleasure: How Our Brains Make Fatty Foods, Orgasm, Exercise, Marijuana, Generosity, Vodka, Learning, and Gambling Feel So Good Audiobook (Unabridged)

" Lots of information in an easy to read presentation. I didn't follow all the chemistry, but it is interesting to know what sort of progress is being made in understanding the underpinnings of pleasure and addiction. "

" While this book had way too much physiology in it for my liking it was interesting and informative. "

" More scientific content than the title may lead one to believe, but if you read a lot of works of popular neuroscience, many of the studies will be familiar. "

" Pleasure and pain. Two things that are behind much of what we do. Great research, solid proofs make this good and practical science. "

" I was disappointed with this book. There was a lot of time spent on basic neuropsychology, which was necessary & presented well, but most of which I already knew. I was looking for something more. "

" Good insight good data but I had to work my way through it. "

" I wasn't able to understand the scientific lingo completely but it was an informative read none the less. The studies presented aptly supported the content and they were easy to understand even though the specifics of what happens neurologically to an addicted brain was not clear. "

" A very fun and accessible tome on neuroscience. "

" the statement, 'all of us just like two things, dopamine and serotonin' sums it up, but it's a good read. one factoid that stayed with me, even a 1 mm long worm has serotonin. "

" I really enjoyed this one. I find books about the brain and why we do what we do fascinating. This book also mentioned addiction which is another subject that is fascinating to me. This book does a really good job in explain both. "

" A nice pop-but-somewhat-technical book on dopamine. I found it easy to follow, but it is neurochemically focused and probably requires some familiarity with brain function. "

" Very interesting but very dense as far as scientific technicalities. Excellent read for anyone who puzzles over the complexities of addiction. "

" Very interesting, although I could feel my brain imploding at some of the more scientific writing and explanations. I found myself skimming a couple of times when it was overly scientific for the lay reader. Some very interesting information, probably not for the casual reader. "

" Nice review and breakdown of the more recent studies on pleasure. "

" I find the subject of this book very interesting. Is there really a key to pleasure in our brain? I will find out soon :) "

" Focuses on the physical side of pleasure, but does a credible job of doing so. "

" Excellent book. A little technical but the information is very interesting and it is not a simple subject. We do we do what we do and what can we do to change our behavior? "

" Mainly a review of studies that have come out. I didn't learn anything but it was nice and concise "

" ...addicted to reads because of books like this one "

" This book had a ton of good, informative knowledge that was presented in an often witty delivery method. There was a lot of big neuro scientific descriptions, words, and terms that were just too far over my little pee brain...but I got the basic idea and delivered information. "

" I found this book really interesting and informative. However, I felt it got pretty redundant and was simply an argument about addiction being a disease. "

" Although I had trouble wading through some of the science jargon (the fault lies completely with me), I found this incredibly informative. I think a lot of this information is beginning to trickle down to the greater population. "

" A lot of technical info to keep straight, but incredibly interesting over all. "

" interesting chapter on why it's so hard to lose weight "