Definition of anhedonia
: a psychological condition characterized by inability to experience pleasure in normally pleasurable acts
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Chronic-pain patients typically also suffer from anhedonia—the inability to experience pleasure—and research suggests that their brains’ reward systems are wired slightly differently from those in other brains.
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How was the anhedonia hypothesis overturned, and when?
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Nolan has confused his native island with the anhedonia in his head.
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