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Anhedonia and Pleasure

Shortcuts: Differences, Similarities, Jaccard Similarity Coefficient, References.

Difference between Anhedonia and Pleasure

Anhedonia vs. Pleasure

Anhedonia refers to a diverse array of deficits in hedonic function, including reduced motivation or ability to experience pleasure. Pleasure is a broad class of mental states that humans and other animals experience as positive, enjoyable, or worth seeking.

Similarities between Anhedonia and Pleasure

Anhedonia and Pleasure have 4 things in common (in Unionpedia): Epicurus, Hedonism, Orgasm, Reward system.

Epicurus

Epicurus (Ἐπίκουρος, Epíkouros, "ally, comrade"; 341–270 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher who founded a school of philosophy now called Epicureanism.

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Hedonism

Hedonism is a school of thought that argues that the pursuit of pleasure and intrinsic goods are the primary or most important goals of human life.

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Orgasm

Orgasm (from Greek ὀργασμός orgasmos "excitement, swelling"; also sexual climax) is the sudden discharge of accumulated sexual excitement during the sexual response cycle, resulting in rhythmic muscular contractions in the pelvic region characterized by sexual pleasure.

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Reward system

The reward system is a group of neural structures responsible for incentive salience (i.e., motivation and "wanting", desire, or craving for a reward), associative learning (primarily positive reinforcement and classical conditioning), and positive emotions, particularly ones which involve pleasure as a core component (e.g., joy, euphoria and ecstasy).

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Anhedonia and Pleasure Comparison

Anhedonia has 57 relations, while Pleasure has 43. As they have in common 4, the Jaccard index is 4.00% = 4 / (57 + 43).

References

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