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Articles on Pleasure
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Our society and culture play a big part in what our brain sees as rewarding.
Hedonism has a complex relationship with binge drinking – part cause, part solution. Here’s why.
Savouring the pleasures in life is linked to better health and well-being. And no, that doesn’t necessarily mean binge drinking or all-night wild parties.
Mere economic models don’t take into account the full complexity of our relationship with alcohol.
If New Year’s resolutions have you in an abstemious mindset when it comes to enjoyment these days, consider a pleasure recalibration based on ‘l'éducation du gout.’
Scientists have tended to think of nonhuman sexual behaviour as being all about reproduction. In fact, there is far more ha ha hee hee than we give animals credit for.
The idea that we can achieve happiness by maximising pleasure and minimising pain is both intuitive and popular. The truth is, however, very different.
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James Martin Research Fellow, Future of Humanity Institute & Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford
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Visiting Researcher, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor, Psychology, Southern Cross University
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Professor and Associate Dean Research, Faculty of Business, Government and Law, University of Canberra
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Principal Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
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Lecturer in Spanish, University of York
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Professor, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy, University of Kent
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PhD Candidate, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Teaching Fellow in Anthropology, Durham University
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Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
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Reader in Behavioural Neuroscience, Liverpool John Moores University
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Head and Professor, Religious Studies Department, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
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Professor of Philosophy, Dominican University
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UQ Amplify Researcher, The University of Queensland