How Pleasure Works 92nd Street Y New York City Manhattan - United States Dance Mon 13 Sep 2010
2010
September 2010
Monday 13 September 2010
Mon 13 Sep, 8:15 pm. 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, 10128. 212-415-5500. 29. 92nd Street Y - [email][events]
Why do some people experience certain things as pleasure and others do not? What accounts for the varied desires people have? Drawing on insights from child development, philosophy, neuroscience and behavioral economics, Professor Paul Bloom shows how certain universal habits of the human mind explain what we like and why we like it. Date & Time: Mon, Sep 13, 2010, 8:15pm Location: Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street Directions Venue: Buttenwieser Hall Code: T-LC5PF06-01 Price: $29.00
Brief Biography
Paul Bloom is a professor of psychology at Yale University. He is the author of Descartes' Baby and his most recent book is How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like