PleasureLike 'mind' and 'consciousness', 'pleasure' was all but tabooed in psychology for much of the 20th Century. Like those concepts too, pleasure is difficult to define or to assess scientifically. Still, evidence has steadily accumulated that pleasure is involved in all aspects of psychology. The simplest sensory experience is tinged with pleasure or displeasure. Some (although not all) planning for the future involves maximizing pleasure. Pleasantness is the first factor of mood, which is known to influence various cognitive processes. In some theories, pleasure or displeasure lie at the heart of emotion. Articles in this Special Issue take up such issues as these as well as the neurophysiological substrate of pleasure, its role in planned behaviour, nonconscious pleasure, the lay concept of pleasure, and whether smiles and laughter are signs of pleasure. |
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Contents
The return of pleasure | 161 |
What is an unconscious emotion? The case for unconscious liking | 181 |
Panteleimon Ekkekakis | 213 |
Placing positive | 241 |
The content and structure of laypeoples concept of pleasure | 263 |
Approaching awe a moral spiritual and aesthetic emotion | 297 |
Spontaneous facial expressions of happy bowlers and soccer fans | 315 |
An empirical investigation | 341 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Pleasure Volume 17, Issue 2 of Cognition & emotion, ISSN 0269-9931 Volume 12; Volume 17 of Cognition & emotion: Special issue Special Issues of Cognition and Emotion Series |
| Editor | James A. Russell |
| Publisher | Psychology Press, 2003 |
| ISBN | 1841699365, 9781841699363 |
| Length | 204 pages |
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