Dopamine nation : finding balance in the age of indulgence /
We are living in a time of unprecedented access to high-reward, high-dopamine stimuli, including drugs, food, news, gambling, shopping, gaming, texting and sexting. The smartphone is the modern-day hypodermic needle, delivering digital dopamine 24/7 for a wired generation. Lembke explores new scient...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC,
[2021].
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| Summary: | We are living in a time of unprecedented access to high-reward, high-dopamine stimuli, including drugs, food, news, gambling, shopping, gaming, texting and sexting. The smartphone is the modern-day hypodermic needle, delivering digital dopamine 24/7 for a wired generation. Lembke explores new scientific discoveries that explain why the relentless pursuit of pleasure leads to pain and what to do about it. She illustrates how finding contentment and connectedness means keeping dopamine in check. The secret to finding balance is combining the science of desire with the wisdom of recovery. |
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| Physical Description: | 291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781524746728 152474672X 9781524746742 1524746746 |