Serendipity and the cerebral localization of pleasure

Journal of the History of the Neurosciences

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 92-98

  Baumeister, Alan A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; KNOWLEDGE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PLEASURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL HEDONISM; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSATION;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EMOTIONS; HAPPINESS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEUROSCIENCES; PLEASURE-PAIN PRINCIPLE; PORTRAITS; SENSATION;

EID: 33646250940     PISSN: 0964704X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09647040500274879     Document Type: Review

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