The practice of making hedonic-based price adjustments to remove the effects of quality changes in goods and services that enter into the calculation of the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) has to date focused primarily on indexes for consumer electronics, appliances, housing, and apparel. In an effort to expand the use of hedonic adjustments to a service-oriented area of the CPI, this article i...

ackground: Bipolar disorder (BPD) features cycling mood states ranging from depression to mania with intermittent phases of euthymia. ipolar disorder subjects often show excessive goal-directed and pleasure-seeking behavior during manic episodes and reduced hedonic apacity during depressive episodes, indicating that BPD might involve altered reward processing. Our goal was to test the hypothesi...

This paper combines survey data on homeowners’ stated perceptions with market transactions data to investigate how perceptions guide actual market behavior. The study shows that when a public amenity associated with housing is valued for its overall effect, this value captures a substantial amount of homeowners’ perceived values of its components. Even if the objective levels of the components ...

BACKGROUND Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) has been documented to influence striatal and orbitofrontal dopaminergic activity implicated in reward processing. However, the exact neuropsychological mechanisms of how DLPFC stimulation may affect the reward system and how trait hedonic capacity may interact with the effects remains t...


 This research was conducted with the aim of knowing effect comparison tempeh and puree moringa leaves on characteristics nuggets to find out correct ratio so as be able produced best characteristics. The Completely Randomized Design (CRD) used in a treatment wich consist 5 levels: 100%: 0%; 95%: 5%; 90%: 10%; 85%: 15%; 80%: 20%. repeated 3 times obtain 15 units experiment. data obtained ...

In this study gesture-based interaction technologies are compared with device-based interaction methods (Mouse and Wii) in terms of pragmatic and hedonic quality. Results show that both pragmatic and hedonic qualities are important indicators when evaluating interaction technologies, as they yield complementary and sometimes differing results. More embodied interaction (gestures and Wii) reveal...

Customer loyalty or repeat purchasing is critical for the survival and success of any store. By focusing on online stores, this study investigates the repeat purchase intention of experienced online buyers based on means-end chain theory and prospect theory. In the research model, both utilitarian value and hedonic value are hypothesised to affect repeat purchase intention positively. Perceived...