Our desire for pleasure drives and guides our thoughts and actions. We seek what is pleasurable and attempt to avoid what is unpleasant. But what is it that causes us to experience pleasure? If we ...

Think back to your very first sexual experience. What do you remember? How did it feel? Did it live up to the anticipation? Was it fun and exciting? Or perhaps was it painful or unwanted? Maybe it was ...

You are standing at the edge of the Grand Canyon, its vast expanse stretching before you. The sun dips below the horizon, painting the sky in hues of orange and pink. Beside you, your daughter gazes ...

How does the brain create the experience of joy and desire? That’s the subject of David Linden’s new book, The Compass of Pleasure. A professor of neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University School of ...