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How Pleasure Works : the New Science of Why We Like What We Like by Bloom, Paul is a health book available to read on EtoBox.
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Humans have an incredible spectrum of emotions and feelings that can be felt on any given day. The book, How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like by Paul Bloom, shows us just that. He introduces the reader to a realm of psychology that has been understudied called cognitive psychology. Mr. Bloom, who has a PhD in Cognitive Psychology, takes the reader on a rather interesting, odd, robust, and sometimes even taboo ride into the reasons why humans react happily and enjoy pleasure in some things in life while others not. He introduces food, sex, art, and different forms of human entertainment as the multiple variations of pleasure we experience. The general direction of the book argues that pleasure is not just a response to certain stimuli, but instead your thoughts are mainly responsible for how much pleasure we actually get from that stimulus. Mr. Bloom has a very engaging, intriguing, and curious writing style that explains some very tough subjects and makes them more accessible. He provides many great examples in this book, including the results of some of his own research in the field. I highly recommend this book to anyone slightly interested in h
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- Author
- Bloom, Paul
- Publisher
- Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780393077117
- Category
- health
- Subjects
- Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Social_sciences
- Rating
- 3.69 / 5 (2,381 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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