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11 Items

What do you desire?
What defines desire?
1 min
Consumed by Desire
What we really want is each other
Psychotherapist and writer Philippa Perry attempts to unpick the tangled idea of desire.
21 Dec 2021,28 mins
How much of your life do you think you spend desiring things?
How often do you get what you desire?
1 min
The Forum
Temptation: can we resist it?
A debate about our desires and ability to resist temptation.
19 mins
Do you have much willpower?
What affects our ability to resist temptation?
1 min
The Human Zoo
Series 3
Can we control our behaviour?
Exercising willpower is difficult. We find out why.
23 mins
What happens in the brain when we act on our desires?
How do we start to form habits?
1 min
Made of Stronger Stuff
Dopamine
Kimberley Wilson and Dr Xand van Tulleken take a journey around the human body.
10 mins
Is there such a thing as an addictive personality?
What factors lead to addiction?
1 min
The Why Factor
Addiction: Why Do Some People Succumb to it?
Why does pleasure and desire lead to addiction in some people but not others?
12 mins
Fin
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1 min

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