The hedonic treadmill is the idea that an individual's level of happiness, after rising or falling in response to positive or negative life events, ultimately tends to move back toward where it ...

The hedonic treadmill is the idea that an individual's level of happiness, after rising or falling in response to positive or negative life events, ultimately tends to move back toward where it ...

Hedonic adaptation is a constant in life, and of business, and you have to be ever vigilant to stave it off. But you’re halfway there if you’re aware of the danger.

Hedonic adaptation is a basic survival strategy for our brains, because if we never adapted to good or bad circumstances, we would struggle to take in any new information or have any new ...

The Journal of Real Estate Research, Vol. 29, No. 3 (2007), pp. 267-302 (36 pages) Abstract In hedonic housing price modeling, real estate researchers and practitioners are often not completely ...

The theory of hedonic adaptation dictates that our brains are hardwired to seek out more rewarding and challenging experiences. It’s similar to how flow theory dictates tasks should always ...

This week on Hidden Brain, we kick off You 2.0 — our annual summer series about how to approach life's chaos with wisdom — with ways to understand and step off of the hedonic treadmill.

CPI data released today shows that inflation is running at 7.7%: a basket of basic items reflecting what the average American consumes costs 7.7% more than it did a year ago. But how do economists ...