Exactly how much chocolate can someone eat before enjoyment turns into disgust? Why do people choose to experience the terrifying sensations of bungee-jumping? Can forcing a smile actually create happiness? Using entertaining experiments and person-on-the-street interviews, this program takes a look at the science behind pleasure, pain, and the link between the two. Viewers meet new parents high on the hormone oxytocin, a man who cut off his own arm when he became trapped in farm machinery, and a child born with congenital insensitivity to pain. The role of the brain’s reward system in these and other, more common activities—falling in love, the anticipation of pain—is examined.

Films Media Group

Pleasure -- Psychological aspects, Pain -- Physiological aspects, Emotions, Brain

Fletcher, Tina (Executive producer), Mosley, Michael (Host), Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm) (Distributor), British Broadcasting Corporation (Producer)

00:50:04 (HH:MM:SS)

English

Higher education

Name	Films Media Group (Firm)
Role	Distributor
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