Book: "The Compass of Pleasure: How Our Brains Make Fatty Foods, Orgasm, Exercise, Marijuana, Generosity, Vodka, Learning, and Gambling Feel So Good"

New book: "The Compass of Pleasure: How Our Brains Make Fatty Foods, Orgasm, Exercise, Marijuana, Generosity, Vodka, Learning, and Gambling Feel So Good". A brain scientist’s look at the neurobiology of pleasure - and how pleasures can become addictions. Eating, taking drugs, engaging in sex or doing good deeds, the pursuit of pleasure is a central drive of the human animal. (...) Know more at http://goo.gl/44bLM.

How many objects can you hold in mind simultaneously?

Neuroscientists at MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have found that cognitive capacity limitations (the ability to hold about four things in our minds at once) reflect a dual model of working memory. http://goo.gl/fjcF3.