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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New York :
Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC,
[2021].
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The problem
- The pursuit of pleasure. Our masturbation machines ; Running from pain ; The pleasure-pain balance
- Self-binding. Dopamine fasting ; Space, time, and meaning ; A broken balance?
- The pursuit of pain. Pressing on the pain side ; Radical honesty ; Prosocial shame
- Conclusion: Lessons of the balance.