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·November 3, 2020·5 min read

Your Favorite Music Can Send Your Brain Into a Pleasure Overload

Do you experience the chills when you hear your favorite song? Researchers used EEG to map brain activity while people listened to their favorite tunes. Findings reveal specific brain areas work together to process music, triggering the reward system and increasing dopamine release. Read More
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·January 18, 2020·2 min read

Music helps researchers find link between prediction and pleasure

Exposing subjects to music composed in an unfamiliar scale, researchers test whether reward can be derived solely from newly formed predictions. Read More
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·December 31, 2019·3 min read

How the brain balances pleasure and pain

Different classes of neurons in the ventral pallidum control positive and negative motivations, sending opposing signals along a shared motivation-processing circuit. Read More
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·August 8, 2019·4 min read

Genetic variation contributes to individual differences in pleasure

What we find pleasurable may be down to our genetics. Researchers found nucleus accumbens activation and physical anhedonia were influenced by shared genes. The experience of pleasure and physical anhedonia also appear to share some of the same genes. Read More
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·December 10, 2018·6 min read

Dopamine’s Yin-Yang Personality: It’s an Upper and a Downer

Researchers shed light on the dual nature of dopamine, as a neurotransmitter that makes us seek pleasure and also reinforces avoidance of pain. Read More
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·December 4, 2018·6 min read

New Insights Into Loss of Pleasure in Depression

A new study reveals a brain region that contributes to anhedonia, the loss of pleasure, in those with depression. The study also shows how ketamine acts on this brain region, explaining why the drug appears to be so effective at treating anhedonia. Read More
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FeaturedPsychology
·August 21, 2018·3 min read

Beauty is Simpler, and Less Special, Than We Realize

Analyzing the work of great philosophers and recent neuroscience research, researchers conclude certain simple features, such as symmetry and roundness, make things more attractive to us. Read More
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FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology
·April 29, 2018·4 min read

How Pleasure Affects Our Brains

A new article looks at the neuroscience of pleasure and considers why, in the pursuit of pleasure, we embark in some actions which are detrimental to our well being. Read More
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·April 18, 2018·4 min read

Overcoming Bias About Music Takes Work

Researchers reveal telling people whether a musician in a professional or student can change the way the brain responds to the music they are playing. Read More
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·March 2, 2018·5 min read

In Pursuit of Pleasure, the Brain Learns to Hit the Repeat Button

According to researchers, the brain learns to reproduce brain activity patterns that lead to reward. The findings could lead to new avenues for treating addiction and OCD, researchers report. Read More
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FeaturedPsychology
·December 9, 2017·2 min read

People with Anhedonia Do Experience Pleasure, Just Not As Often

It is possible for those with anhedonia to enjoy experiences and feel pleasure, however, those with the disorder find it hard to maintain their positive emotions, a new study reports. Read More
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·May 11, 2017·4 min read

Beauty Requires Thought

Researchers report distractions can detract from the experience of beauty, and sensuous pleasures can also be beautiful. Read More
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