Young people who experience a diminished ability to feel pleasure often struggle to adjust their physical exertion to obtain ...

Anhedonia—which is defined as diminished pleasure from, or interest in, previously rewarding activities—is one of two cardinal symptoms of a major depressive episode. However, evidence suggests that ...

In newly published research, Binghamton University doctoral student Elana Israel, MS '22, explores which depressive symptoms largely affect children's neural responses to feedback. Depression in ...

Put bluntly, a hedonist is a bon vivant, or at the very least somebody whose highest priority is to enjoy life. If you suffer from anhedonia – the opposite of this – then you are in an unenviable ...

Once upon a time, there was a man. He loved art and photography, but when friends would talk about the concerts they'd gone to over the weekend, he couldn't bring himself to care. The reason this ...

You worked for this. Years of school. Sacrifices. Late nights. You told yourself that once you arrived—once you got the degree, the job, the house, the partner—it would feel different. And then you ...