The role of hedonics in the Human Affectome

Susanne Becker; Anne-Kathrin Bräscher; Scott Bannister; Moustafa Bensafi; Destany Calma-Birling; Raymond C K Chan; Tuomas Eerola; Dan-Mikael Ellingsen; Camille Ferdenzi; Jamie L Hanson; Mateus Joffily; Navdeep K Lidhar; Leroy J Lowe; Loren J Martin; Erica D Musser; Michael Noll-Hussong; Thomas M Olino; Rosario Pintos Lobo; Yi Wang

doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.05.003

The role of hedonics in the Human Affectome

Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2019 Jul:102:221-241. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.05.003. Epub 2019 May 6.

Authors

Susanne Becker¹, Anne-Kathrin Bräscher², Scott Bannister³, Moustafa Bensafi⁴, Destany Calma-Birling⁵, Raymond C K Chan⁶, Tuomas Eerola⁷, Dan-Mikael Ellingsen⁸, Camille Ferdenzi⁹, Jamie L Hanson¹⁰, Mateus Joffily¹¹, Navdeep K Lidhar¹², Leroy J Lowe¹³, Loren J Martin¹⁴, Erica D Musser¹⁵, Michael Noll-Hussong¹⁶, Thomas M Olino¹⁷, Rosario Pintos Lobo¹⁸, Yi Wang¹⁹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, J5, 68159 Mannheim, Germany. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy and Experimental Psychopathology, University of Mainz, Wallstr. 3, 55122 Mainz, Germany. Electronic address: [email protected].
³ Durham University, Palace Green, DH1 RL3, Durham, UK. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁴ Research Center in Neurosciences of Lyon, CNRS UMR5292, INSERM U1028, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, Lyon, Centre Hospitalier Le Vinatier, 95 bd Pinel, 69675 Bron Cedex, France. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁵ Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 800 Algoma, Blvd., Clow F011, Oshkosh, WI 54901, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁶ Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁷ Durham University, Palace Green, DH1 RL3, Durham, UK. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁸ Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, CNY149-2301, 13th St, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁹ Research Center in Neurosciences of Lyon, CNRS UMR5292, INSERM U1028, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, Lyon, Centre Hospitalier Le Vinatier, 95 bd Pinel, 69675 Bron Cedex, France. Electronic address: [email protected].
¹⁰ University of Pittsburgh, Department of Psychology, 3939 O'Hara Street, Rm. 715, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
¹¹ Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique (GATE), 93 Chemin des Mouilles, 69130, Écully, France. Electronic address: [email protected].
¹² Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada. Electronic address: [email protected].
¹³ Neuroqualia (NGO), 36 Arthur Street, Truro, NS, B2N 1X5, Canada. Electronic address: [email protected].
¹⁴ Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada. Electronic address: [email protected].
¹⁵ Department of Psychology, Center for Childen and Families, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th St., Miami, FL 33199, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
¹⁶ Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Division of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Saarland University Medical Centre, Kirrberger Strasse 100, D-66421 Homburg, Germany. Electronic address: [email protected].
¹⁷ Temple University, Department of Psychology, 1701N. 13th St, Philadelphia, PA 19010, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
¹⁸ Department of Psychology, Center for Childen and Families, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th St., Miami, FL 33199, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
¹⁹ Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China. Electronic address: [email protected].

Abstract

Experiencing pleasure and displeasure is a fundamental part of life. Hedonics guide behavior, affect decision-making, induce learning, and much more. As the positive and negative valence of feelings, hedonics are core processes that accompany emotion, motivation, and bodily states. Here, the affective neuroscience of pleasure and displeasure that has largely focused on the investigation of reward and pain processing, is reviewed. We describe the neurobiological systems of hedonics and factors that modulate hedonic experiences (e.g., cognition, learning, sensory input). Further, we review maladaptive and adaptive pleasure and displeasure functions in mental disorders and well-being, as well as the experience of aesthetics. As a centerpiece of the Human Affectome Project, language used to express pleasure and displeasure was also analyzed, and showed that most of these analyzed words overlap with expressions of emotions, actions, and bodily states. Our review shows that hedonics are typically investigated as processes that accompany other functions, but the mechanisms of hedonics (as core processes) have not been fully elucidated.

Keywords: Displeasure; Nucleus accumbens; Orbitofrontal cortex; Pain; Pleasure; Reward; Valence; Ventromedial prefrontal cortex.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Adaptation, Psychological / physiology*
Affect / physiology*
Anhedonia / physiology*
Humans
Mental Disorders / physiopathology*
Nucleus Accumbens / physiology*
Nucleus Accumbens / physiopathology
Pleasure / physiology*
Prefrontal Cortex / physiology*
Prefrontal Cortex / physiopathology
Reward*

Abstract

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MeSH terms

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