Super Stimulated
how our biology is being manipulated to create bad habits – and what we can do about it
$31.19
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
24 June 2025
Summary
Super Stimulated: How Overstimulation is Hijacking Your Health and Happiness
Modern society is plagued by health epidemics: obesity, record levels of loneliness, increasing mental health problems and various forms of addiction. From the outside, all these issues might not seem related. But a single phenomenon actually ties them all together: superstimuli.
Superstimuli are behaviours, objects and social cues that are exaggerated, unnatural versions of things …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399735155 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1399735152 |
| Author: | Nicklas Brendborg |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 24 June 2025 |
| Weight: | 360g |
| Dimensions: | 232mm x 152mm x 24mm |
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Critics Review
In Super Stimulated, Nicklas Brendborg brilliantly unpacks how modern life hijacks our ancient biology - designing environments that exploit our instincts and hardwire us for unhealthy habits. As a scientist, I found it both sobering and empowering. This book is a call to awareness - and a toolkit for reclaiming our agency in a world that profits from our overstimulation. – Dr Jenna Macciochi
About The Author
Nicklas Brendborg
Nicklas Brendborg (b. 1995) is a Danish scientist and author. His international bestseller Jellyfish Age Backwards has been translated to more than 30 languages and was shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize. He is the youngest ever author to have been shortlisted for this award. Brendborg holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in molecular biomedicine and biotechnology from the University of Copenhagen and is now a PhD student in molecular biology. He has been recognised by, among others, the Novo Nordisk International Talent Program and the Novo Nordisk Scholarship Program. The second book in his series of popular science books about longevity, Super Stimulated (Vanedyr) was a bestseller in Denmark in 2023 and is also being translated across the globe.
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