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Dopamine, behavioral economics, and effort

open access: yesFrontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2009
. There are numerous problems with the hypothesis that brain dopamine (DA) systems, particularly in the nucleus accumbens, directly mediate the rewarding or primary motivational characteristics of natural stimuli such as food.
John D Salamone   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

INTRODUCTION. LETTERS IN THE WEB OF LIFE: TOWARDS AN ECOLOGICAL PHILOLOGY

open access: yes
German Life and Letters, Volume 78, Issue 3, Page 277-288, July 2025.
Conor Brennan, Caitríona Ní Dhúill
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring the Experience of Eudaimonic Virtues in Technology Interaction

open access: yesWeizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society
A growing emphasis on well-being in technology development raises the need for adequate measurement methods to quantify technology’s influence on individuals’ well-being. Psychological research has identified different well-being orientations, including
Julian Marvin Jörs   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Il cibo per la vita

open access: yesGiornale di Clinica Nefrologia e Dialisi, 2019
Our physical and mental well-being are directly linked to what we eat and drink. The nutritional content of what we eat determines the composition of our cell membranes, bone marrow, blood, hormones, tissues, organs, skin, and hair.
David Mariani, Alessandro Capitanini
doaj   +1 more source

The sweet drive test : refining phenotypic characterization of anhedonic behavior in rodents [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Measuring anhedonic behavior in rodents is a challenging task as current methods display only moderate sensitivity to detect anhedonic phenotype and, consequently, results from different labs are frequently incongruent.
Ana Rita Machado-Santos   +15 more
core   +2 more sources

Exploring Three Measures of Student Wellbeing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This chapter appears in 'Transforming the Future of Learning with Educational Research' edited by Helen Askell-Williams. Copyright 2015, IGI Global, www.igi-global.com.
Askell-Williams, Helen   +2 more
core  

INHIBITION AND EMOTION : Mental chronometry, executive functions and hedonia.

open access: yes, 2004
Cette thèse présente des apports expérimentaux originaux aux domaines d'études de l'inhibition et de l'émotion ainsi que dans la conceptualisation du développement cognitif de l'enfance à l'âge adulte. L'inhibition est étudiée par des expériences de chronométrie mentale parfois inédites sur les tâches de conservation du nombre, des longueurs et du ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Striving for wellbeing: The different roles of hedonia and eudaimonia in goal pursuit and goal achievement

open access: yesInternational Journal of Wellbeing, 2018
Goals are central to theories of happiness and previous research has shown that successful goal pursuit typically leads to a boost in wellbeing. Taking these ideas further, the current study adopts the distinction between hedonic wellbeing (HWB) and eudaimonic wellbeing (EWB) and suggests that it is the former that increases when goals are achieved. By
Thorsteinsen, Kjærsti, Vittersø, Joar
openaire   +3 more sources

Co-segregation of hyperactivity, active coping styles and cognitive dysfunction in mice selectively bred for low levels of anxiety

open access: yesFrontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2013
We established mouse models of extremes in trait anxiety, which are based on selective breeding for low vs. normal vs. high open-arm exploration on the elevated plus-maze.
Yi-Chun eYen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Liberalism, lack and living the dream : re-considering youth, consumer sovereignty and the attractions of night-time leisure in Magaluf [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Much of the academic literature on alcohol-based leisure focuses on the pleasures of hedonism and youthful cultural exploration in environments free from the prescriptions, pressures and routines of everyday life.
Briggs, D   +5 more
core   +4 more sources

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