Pain and pleasure

Pain and pleasure

Some philosophers, such as Jeremy Bentham, Baruch Spinoza, and Descartes, have hypothesized that the sensations of pain and pleasure are part of a continuum.

There is strong evidence for biological connections between the neurochemical pathways used for the perception of pain and those involved in the perception of pleasure and other psychological rewards.

These probably involve dopamine and endorphin pathways.

See also

* Algolagnia
* BDSM
* Erotic spanking
* Flagellation
* Love bite
* Pain (philosophy)
* Sadism and masochism
* Self-harm

External links

* "BBC News" report: [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1694109.stm Brain links pain with pleasure]
* White JM. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15345267 Pleasure into pain: the consequences of long-term opioid use.] "Addict Behav." 2004 Sep;29(7):1311-24.
* http://www.heroin.org/dopamine/
* [http://www.wutsamada.com/phlmind/pleapain.htm Pain and pleasure] in philosophy


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