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Although pain and pleasure are opposite experiences, they are intricately connected. Previous studies have suggested a set of brain regions that respond to both pain and pleasure.

As a 20th-century neuroscientist, my father investigated how Thorndike's Law of Effect—which posits that all animals (including humans) are hardwired to seek pleasure and avoid pain—played out ...

Enduring discomfort together may bring people closer, especially when it's mixed with a bit of joy, according to a study ...

Psychiatrist Dr. Anna Lembke's new book, 'Dopamine Nation,' explores the brain's connection between pleasure and pain. It also helps explain addictions — not just to drugs and alcohol, but also ...

Pain delayed was pain denied -- pleasure enjoyed. Payment by credit card was even better because I could push the pain way into the future -- far, far away.

The typical modern consumer has a seemingly insatiable appetite for debt. A possible key to understanding that hunger is a behavioural concept called "pain of paying." The theory, spelled out in a ...

The vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford Professor Irene Tracey discussed how redheaded women experience pleasure and better pain differently than others during a segment on Radio 4's Today.

The pleasure and pain of cinephilia: what happened when I watched Groundhog Day every day for a year Published: February 1, 2023 2:12pm EST. Adam Daniel, Western Sydney University. Author ...