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Psychologists differentiate between two aspects of happiness: "hedonic wellbeing," related to emotional experiences, and "eudemonic wellbeing," which concerns meaning and purpose in life.

The study looked at how distraction affects "hedonic consumption," or buying and using products and experiences because they make us feel good and not necessarily because we need them.

Neuropeptide Y is associated with “hedonic eating”—consuming food strictly to experience pleasure rather than to satisfy hunger.

Ahrens said that what I had described was hedonic happiness: happiness from pleasure.

All of these folks touch on the two types of well being: hedonic and eudaimonic.