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Dopamine modulates the reward experiences elicited by music
Understanding how the brain translates a structured sequence of sounds, such as music, into a pleasant and rewarding experience is a fascinating question which may be crucial to better understand the processing of abstract rewards in humans. Previous neuroimaging findings point to a challenging role of the dopaminergic system in music-evoked pleasure. However, there is a lack of direct evidence showing that dopamine function is causally related to the pleasure we experience from music. We addressed this problem through a double blind within-subject pharmacological design in which we directly manipulated dopaminergic synaptic availability while healthy participants (n = 27) were engaged in music listening. We orally administrated to each participant a dopamine precursor (levodopa), a dopamine antagonist (risperidone), and a placebo (lactose) in three different sessions. We demonstrate that levodopa and risperidone led to opposite effects in measures of musical pleasure and motivation: while the dopamine precursor levodopa, compared with placebo, increased the hedonic experience and music-related motivational responses, risperidone led to a reduction of both. This study shows a causal role of dopamine in musical pleasure and indicates that dopaminergic transmission might play different or additive roles than the ones postulated in affective processing so far, particularly in abstract cognitive activities.
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From the Editor
Each year at this time we have the pleasure of celebrating the winner of the ASQ Award for Scholarly Contribution. This year, we have a second reason to celebrate, as we are thrilled to announce the winner of the inaugural ASQ Dissertation Award.
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Schadenfreude : the joy of another's misfortune
We all know the pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune. The Germans named this furtive delight in another's failure schadenfreude (from schaden damage, and freude, joy), and it has perplexed philosophers and psychologists for centuries. Why can it be so satisfying to witness another's distress? And what, if anything, should we do about it? Schadenfreude illuminates this hidden emotion, inviting readers to reflect on its pleasures, and how we use other people's miseries to feel better about ourselves. Written in an exploratory, evocative form, it weaves examples from literature, philosophy, film, and music together with personal observation and historical and cultural analysis. And in today's world of polarized politics, twitter trolls and \"sidebars of shame,\" it couldn't be timelier. Engaging, insightful, and entertaining, Schadenfreude makes the case for thinking afresh about the role this much-maligned emotion plays in our lives -- perhaps even embracing it.
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Fast and Furious: On Land, In the Air, On the Water
With compelling research and an increased understanding of the long term academic advantages of reading for pleasure, it is more important than ever to provide accessible and appealing information books to reach a wider audience.
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Beyond the pleasure principle
Beyond the Pleasure Principle, first published in 1920, is the first clear statement of Freud's changed drive theory: love and life now stand over against aggression and death. The book represents an important theoretical revision of Freud's earlier ideas and a turning point in psychoanalytic theory.
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Gender differences in pleasure: the mediating roles of cognitive flexibility and emotional expressivity
Background
Gender differences have been found to be associated with individuals’ pleasure. Cognitive flexibility and emotional expressivity might play an important role between gender differences and pleasure. This current study is to explore the mediating role of cognitive flexibility and emotional expressivity in the relationship between gender differences and pleasure.
Method
In this cross-sectional study, a sample of 1107 full-time university students from five colleges in Tianjin, Chinese mainland was investigated by questionnaire. All participants completed the Temporal Experience of Pleasure Scale (TEPs), the Cognitive Flexibility Inventory (CFI), and the Berkeley Expressivity Questionnaire (BEQ).
Results
The results of independent T-test suggested that females reported better emotional expressivity, anticipatory pleasure and consummatory pleasure than males, whereas males had better cognitive flexibility than females. Using bootstrapping approach revealed that the partially mediation effects of cognitive flexibility on gender differences in anticipatory and consummatory pleasure, and that of emotional expressivity on gender differences in anticipatory and consummatory pleasure. Results of this present study stated that cognitive flexibility and emotional expressivity play a partial mediating role in explaining gender differences in anticipatory and consummatory pleasure.
Conclusion
Females had higher anticipatory and consummatory pleasure because they tend to use emotional regulation strategy to express their emotion.
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Look Back
Papillote Press, 2013, pp32, £6.99 978 0 9 571187 2 0 I doubt there's a single KS1 or Nursery class that has not enjoyed So Much so it is a great pleasure to recommend another title by the same award-winning author.
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