anhedonia
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People with musical anhedonia can recognize and process melodies without difficulty, showing that the auditory system itself is functioning normally -- they simply do not feel pleasure from the experience.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 12, 2026
The team is now working with geneticists to pinpoint genes that may contribute to musical anhedonia.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 12, 2026
Depression also comes with anhedonia, or the inability to experience pleasure in activities or social situations that were once enjoyable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025
“My biggest symptom after that was extreme anhedonia, like a feeling of not being myself or getting pleasure from anything — almost not feeling human,” she said.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2025
Some persons are affected with anhedonia permanently, or at any rate with a loss of the usual appetite for life.
From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by William James
"We propose that using our methodology to study other reward types could yield the discovery of other specific anhedonias," says Marco-Pallarés.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 12, 2026
