anhedonia

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This phenomenon is known as "specific musical anhedonia."

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

From that episode dates as typical an anhedonia as I have ever seen.

From The Foundations of Personality by Myerson, Abraham