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Index
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Part One - The Pleasure Instinct and Brain Development
Chapter 1 - Foibles and Follies
Darwin without “Social Darwinism”
Chapter 2 - How to Win Friends and Influence People
Precocious Primates
The Language Link
The Trouble with Tribbles
Chapter 3 - What Makes Sammy Dance?
The Nature of “Natural” Reward
Essential Hardware
How the Developing Brain Gets Wired
Part Two - The Pleasures of the Sensory World
Chapter 4 - The Pleasure of Touch
Sensations
The Evolution of the Rocking Chair
How Movement and Touch Promote Brain Development
Chapter 5 - In Praise of Odors
The Smell of Attraction
Chapter 6 - For the Love of Chocolate
Sugar and Health
Getting Wired for Taste
Survival of the Fattest
Chapter 7 - The Evolution of the Lullaby
A Universal Grammar
Eenie-Meenie-Miney-Mo
Chapter 8 - In Search of Pretty Things
How Pleasure Fine-Tunes the Visual Brain
The Pleasure of Learning
Neural Bootstrapping
Part Three - The Pleasure Instinct and the Modern Experience
Chapter 9 - Pleasure from Proportion and Symmetry
The Hidden Persuaders
Pleasure from Proportion
Seduction by Symmetry
A Fit Face
Symmetry Signals and Pleasure
Symmetry and Aesthetics: An Example of a General Process
Chapter 10 - Pleasure from Repetition and Rhythm
Chapter 11 - Homo Addictus
The Many Faces of Vice
Chapter 12 - Parsing Pleasure
Notes
Index
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