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anhedonia

[an-hee-doh-nee-uh] / ˌæn hiˈdoʊ ni ə /


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"It's possible, for instance, that people with specific food anhedonia may have some deficit in the connectivity between brain regions involved in food processing and the reward circuitry."

From Science Daily ● Jan. 12, 2026

They also plan to explore whether the condition remains stable over time or can change throughout a person’s life -- and whether musical anhedonia or similar conditions might eventually be reversed.

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

This is the eternal tragedy of sophistication,—that there results an anhedonia in large part manifested by a restless introspection.

From The Foundations of Personality by Abraham Myerson

"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


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