| Description |
1 online resource (49 min.) |
| Series |
VAST: academic video online |
| Summary |
Whether consuming chocolate, taking drugs, engaging in sex, or doing good deeds, the pursuit of pleasure is a central drive of the human animal. In The Compass of Pleasure Johns Hopkins neuroscientist David J. Linden explains how pleasure affects us at the most fundamental level: in our brain. The master chocolatier Jacques Torres provides the audience with samples of his most mouthwatering selections to allow participants to both experience pleasure while the process itself is being discussed |
| Notes |
Title from resource description page (viewed Dec. 9, 2014) |
| Performer |
Speakers: David Linden and Jacques Torres |
| Notes |
In English |
| Subject |
Pleasure -- Physiological aspects
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Neuropsychology.
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Chocolate.
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Chocolate
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chocolate.
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Chocolate.
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Neuropsychology.
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| Genre/Form |
interviews.
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Interviews.
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Interviews.
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Interviews.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Torres, Jacques.
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Linden, David J., 1961-
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McHenry, Tim.
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Rubin Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
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