Investigating the dynamics of affect: Psychological mechanisms of affective habituation to pleasurable stimuli

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 145-157

  Leventhal, Adam M ^a   Martin, Rodney L ^b   Seals, Robert W ^b   Tapia, Evelina ^b   Rehm, Lynn P ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective dynamics; Affective habituation; Anhedonia; Conceptual processes; Reward seeking behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547349002     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-007-9059-8     Document Type: Article

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