Hedonic experience and sensation.

Conceptualising user hedonic experience

For many years, the approach taken towards technology design focused on supporting the effective, efficient, and satisfying use of it. The way people use technology has shifted from merely using it to enjoying using it. This paper describes an early approach to understanding user experience in context of technologies (e.g. digital cameras, PDAs, and mobile phones), as well as in more general co...

Value from hedonic experience and engagement.

Recognizing that value involves experiencing pleasure or pain is critical to understanding the psychology of value. But hedonic experience is not enough. I propose that it is also necessary to recognize that strength of engagement can contribute to experienced value through its contribution to the experience of motivational force--an experience of the intensity of the force of attraction to or ...

Subjective experience of sensation in anorexia nervosa.

The nature of disturbance in body experience in anorexia nervosa (AN) remains poorly operationalized despite its prognostic significance. We examined the relationship of subjective reports of sensitivity to and behavioral avoidance of sensory experience (e.g., to touch, motion) to body image disturbance and temperament in adult women currently diagnosed with AN (n = 20), women with a prior hist...

A hedonic analysis of the complex hunting experience

In Denmark, the right to hunt is vested with the land owner but can be transferred to others and is traded on a well-established market. The dominant form of hunting leases is time limited contract transferring the hunting rights on a piece of land to one or more persons. We analyze this market for hunting leases using the hedonic method on a rich set of data obtained from Danish hunters. We hy...

Attention Moderates the Impact of Expectations on Hedonic Experience