We further explore the psychological underpinnings of these differences and note that Need for Cognition, a stable personality trait, partially explains which individuals will be more likely to experience different temporal profiles. That is, a temporal profile observed for one stimulus can be used to predict the temporal profile of hedonic decline for a novel stimulus or the same stimulus at a future date. We next demonstrate that these temporal profiles of hedonic decline are relatively stable across both stimuli and time for any given individuals. In the present work, we first identify three temporal profiles of hedonic decline: flat, steady decline, and rapid onset decline. However, previous work has largely ignored the possibility that the temporal profile of hedonic decline varies at the individual level. This hedonic decline has been well documented across a variety of stimuli and experiences. N2 - The unfortunate reality of the human condition is that enjoyable experiences become less enjoyable with time and repetition. All data and materials will be made publicly available upon publication. The authors thank the Initiative for Digital Entertainment Analytics (IDEA) center at Carnegie Mellon University for providing a grant to fund the data collection for this project. T1 - Identifying the temporal profiles of hedonic decline This work provides a first look into the various ways in which hedonic decline operates at an individual level and documents predictable heterogeneity in such tendencies, an important departure from previous research looking at hedonic decline in aggregate.", Finally, we demonstrate two important downstream consequences to these three different temporal profiles of hedonic decline: re-consumption choice and re-consumption timing.
This work provides a first look into the various ways in which hedonic decline operates at an individual level and documents predictable heterogeneity in such tendencies, an important departure from previous research looking at hedonic decline in aggregate.Ībstract = "The unfortunate reality of the human condition is that enjoyable experiences become less enjoyable with time and repetition. The unfortunate reality of the human condition is that enjoyable experiences become less enjoyable with time and repetition.