Why do we seek out pleasure- what Freud called the “pleasure principle“? More accurately: why do we seem to seek out pleasure most of the time, but occasionally seem indifferent to it or even averse to it, e.g. in conditions such as anhedonia & depression? My answer in a nutshell: Our brain networks are calibrated to … Continue reading Why we seek out pleasure: the Symmetry Theory of Homeostatic Regulation