The Compass of Pleasure

Vice, virtue and the brain's pleasure circuits.
by David J. Linden, Ph.D.

Cocaine, Nicotine and Your Inner Dog

By David J. Linden, Ph.D. on February 2, 2011 in The Compass of Pleasure

Recently, hundreds of indigenous people staged a protest in front of the US embassy in La Paz Bolivia in which they chewed coca leaf and chanted "Coca es medicina!" The protest was peaceful and good-natured with protestors offering coca leaves to the Bolivian police, some of whom were happy to join in. Read More

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David J. Linden, Ph.D.

David J. Linden, Ph.D., is a professor of neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the author of The Compass of Pleasure.

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