Oh, I know all the arguments in its favour. It is natural (although how any human activity, in the context of modern, sophisticated, high-powered living, can be deemed truly 'natural' is beyond me?but that is another argument); it provides an excellent food for the baby; it provides psychological security for the baby; it provides sexual pleasure for the mother, and also and therefore psycholog...

A range of emotional and motivation impairments have long been clinically documented in people with schizophrenia, and there has been a resurgence of interest in understanding the psychological and neural mechanisms of the so-called "negative symptoms" in schizophrenia, given their lack of treatment responsiveness and their role in constraining function and life satisfaction in this illness. Ne...

When Freud articulated the idea of the death drive in Beyond the Pleasure Principle (Jenseits des Lustprinzips, 1920), he transformed himself into the psychological counterpart of a radical Hegelian without realizing it. The pleasure principle was “obvious.” People sought to maximize their pleasures and minimize their pains. The ultimate pain was symbolized (and actually experienced) by death, ...

Plato links pleasure with illusion, and this link explains his rejection of the view that all desires are rational desires for the good. The Protagoras and Gorgias show connections between pleasure and illusion; the Republic develops these into a psychological theory. One part of the soul is not only prone to illusions, but also incapable of the kind of reasoning that can dispel them. Pleasure ...

This study is for introducing concepts of energy and entropy to describe a robot’s emotion decision. There are several kinds of approaches to explain the emotional structure. The dimensional approach based on factors of pleasure and arousal is chosen for the merit of the interpolation between emotions. Specifically, Circumplex model which has also two axes: pleasure and arousal is used. Besides...

Article: It is a pleasure to comment on Dweck, Chiu, and Hong's target article. Like so many of Dweck's earlier works, this article makes a substantive contribution to the psychological literature on the role of self-perceptions in behavior. The article summarizes much research on the operation of implicit theories. The theoretical framework is well presented, and the research evidence is impre...

This paper proposes a method for the automatic design of personalized playlists that place listener in positive mood (uplifting or relaxing feelings) based on an individual’s impressions and pleasurable feelings music. designs playlist with gradually changing personal music evokes moods pleasant feelings. It estimates subjective all database using bagging method, type ensemble learning, creates...

The diagnosis of gynecological cancer and the following consequences of the treatment radically change the lives of cancer patients and their partners. Women experience negative consequences in terms of sexual, psychological and social functioning. Surgical treatment may result in a decrease in sexual pleasure and pain during intercourse. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy can cause a loss of libido...