anhedonia
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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
The state of anhedonia, if I may coin a new word to pair off with analgesia," he writes, "has been very little studied, but it exists.
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
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