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Pleasure and Reward system

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Difference between Pleasure and Reward system

Pleasure vs. Reward system

Pleasure is a broad class of mental states that humans and other animals experience as positive, enjoyable, or worth seeking. 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).

Similarities between Pleasure and Reward system

Pleasure and Reward system have 5 things in common (in Unionpedia): Anhedonia, Ecstasy (emotion), Euphoria, Motivational salience, Reward system.

Anhedonia

Anhedonia refers to a diverse array of deficits in hedonic function, including reduced motivation or ability to experience pleasure.

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Ecstasy (emotion)

Ecstasy (from Ancient Greek ἔκστασις ékstasis) is a subjective experience of total involvement of the subject, with an object of his or her awareness.

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Euphoria

Euphoria is an affective state in which a person experiences pleasure or excitement and intense feelings of well-being and happiness.

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Motivational salience

Motivational salience is a cognitive process and a form of attention that motivates, or propels, an individual's behavior towards or away from a particular object, perceived event, or outcome.

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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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Pleasure and Reward system Comparison

Pleasure has 43 relations, while Reward system has 117. As they have in common 5, the Jaccard index is 3.12% = 5 / (43 + 117).

References

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