The Craving Mind
Book description
A leading neuroscientist and pioneer in the study of mindfulness explains why addictions are so tenacious and how we can learn to conquer them
"I found [The Craving Mind] to be one of the best things I've read . . . on addiction."-Ezra Klein, New York Times
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All-star researcher and physician Judson Brewer, MD PhD has taken the best of cognitive neuroscience, modern medicine, and Eastern philosophy to write a truly original book that integrates ideas from all three disciplines to help us understand why we get addicted so easily, especially to things that aren’t good for us!
In clear, research-backed prose, Brewer helps us to understand the difference between the idea of liking something and actually enjoying it and how easily our brain gets locked into expectation without really sticking around to process whether our most compulsive behaviors are truly rewarding.
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