{"id":159722,"date":"2023-03-07T11:24:51","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T17:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/pleasure-generators-in-the-brain-the-neuroscience-of-pleasure-explained"},"modified":"2023-03-07T11:24:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T17:24:51","slug":"pleasure-generators-in-the-brain-the-neuroscience-of-pleasure-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/pleasure-generators-in-the-brain-the-neuroscience-of-pleasure-explained","title":{"rendered":"PLEASURE GENERATORS in the Brain: The Neuroscience of Pleasure Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d0B2zX4hG_M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Brave new world let\u2019s create happiness for everyone by putting microelectrode arrays in our brains but be careful not to create a situation like death by ecstacy by Larry Niven.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>In the brain, pleasure is generated by a handful of brain regions called, \u201chedonic hotspots.\u201d If you were to stimulate these regions directly, you would likely feel pleasurable sensations. However, not all of the hedonic hotspots are the same\u2013some generate the raw sensations of pleasure whereas others are responsible for consciously interpreting and elaborating on the raw pleasure produced by the other hotspots. In this video, in addition to exploring the neuroscience of pleasure, we\u2019ll see how understanding pleasure, happiness, meaning, and purpose can help us live better lives.<\/p>\n<p>Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/senseofmindshow\">@senseofmindshow<\/a> for more neuroscience explainers.<br \/> Follow on Social Media: <a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/senseofmind\">https:\/\/linktr.ee\/senseofmind<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>-<br \/> Chapters.<br \/> 00:00 Hedonic hotspots: the brain\u2019s pleasure generators.<br \/> 00:56 The evolution of pleasure.<br \/> 01:46 How the brain generates pleasure.<br \/> 03:07 The subcortical (\u2018core\u2019) pleasure network.<br \/> 04:08 The cortical (\u2018higher\u2019) pleasure network.<br \/> 05:09 The orbitofrontal cortex\u2019 role and the abstract to concrete pleasure gradient.<br \/> 08:13 How to be happier by understanding the neuroscience of pleasure.<br \/> 11:40 Summary.<\/p>\n<p>-<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/pleasure-generators-in-the-brain-the-neuroscience-of-pleasure-explained\">Continue reading \u201cPLEASURE GENERATORS in the Brain: The Neuroscience of Pleasure Explained\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brave new world let\u2019s create happiness for everyone by putting microelectrode arrays in our brains but be careful not to create a situation like death by ecstacy by Larry Niven. In the brain, pleasure is generated by a handful of brain regions called, \u201chedonic hotspots.\u201d If you were to stimulate these regions directly, you would [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,19,385,42,47,1901],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-159722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-chemistry","category-evolution","category-media-arts","category-neuroscience","category-sex"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159722\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}