this is the season for dreaming

nprfreshair:

… why fatty foods, orgasm, exercise, marijuana, generosity, vodka, learning and gambling feel so good?

On tomorrow’s Fresh Air neuroscientist DAVID LINDEN tells us about the pleasure circuitry of the brain, how it’s activated, and how that sometimes turns into addiction.

Oh yeah! Linden has a new book, too, The Compass of Pleasure.