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Coronavirus: People ‘rediscovering pleasure of reading’, says Bloomsbury

Business

He said people's book choices had reflected the mood of the people throughout the past six months: "In June we published 'Humankind' by Rutger Bregman, people wanted hope and a positive view of humanity, which he gave, and in June itself the biggest social issue of our time, with 'Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race'. Let's block ads! (Why?) BBC News - Business

Brain response to pleasure, pain may inform new mental health treatments

Health

Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The human brain is naturally trained to seek pleasure and avoid pain. Now, a new study in mice has provided some clues into how these processes occur. The findings, published Tuesday in the journal Neuron, may improve understanding of the way the brain performs in people with certain mental health disorders. "Behavioral changes in people with depression or stress-induced anxiety may be caused by changes" in how the brain responds to positive and negative stimuli, said Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory professor and study lead author Bo Li, in a press release. Li and his colleagues believe their work has revealed that different classes of neurons control positive and negative motivation and transmit opposing signals along a shared motivation-processing brain circuit. Ultimat...

Tech Tent: the technology of pleasure

Technology

When it comes to sex tech, the gadgets that grab the headlines tend to be the sex robots, with their exaggeratedly feminine shapes and artificially intelligent responses to desire.But the market extends beyond these devices, and one British firm is seeking to challenge the stereotype.Stephanie Alys, co-founder of Mystery Vibe, describes her firm's product, the Crescendo vibrator, as a luxury sex toy. With a $ 180 price tag - £139 in the UK - it's certainly not cheap.It's a silicon-encased device which can be bent into a number of shapes. It can be controlled via a phone app and features wireless charging.It's app-powered, but in this age of fierce debate about data privacy and protection, is this most personal of data for sharing?There is no log-in to the Mystery Vibe app and no data is co...