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Pleasure, the Common Currency of Emotions
Author(s) -
RAMIREZ J MARTIN,
CABANAC MICHEL
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1280.028
Subject(s) - annals , pleasure , humanities , library science , art history , psychology , art , classics , computer science , neuroscience
Pleasure/displeasure is the common currency for accessing behavior in response to the various emotions; no emotion is hedonically indifferent. The hedonic dimension is what pathognomonically defines emotion. Pleasure thus makes emotion a motivating experience.