Includes bibliographical references and index

Machine generated contents note: Introduction, Wilhelm Hofmann & Loran F. Nordgren -- I. Basic Processes and Mechanisms -- 1. Elaborated Intrusion Theory: Explaining the Cognitive and Motivational Basis of Desire, Jackie Andrade, Jon May, Lotte van Dillen, & David J. Kavanagh -- 2. Grounding Desire and Motivated Behavior: A Theoretical Framework and Review of Empirical Evidence, Esther K. Papies & Lawrence W. Barsalou -- 3. Desire and Desire Regulation, Wilhelm Hofmann, Hiroki P. Kotabe, Kathleen D. Vohs, & Roy F. Baumeister -- 4. Desire over Time: The Multifaceted Nature of Satiation, Joseph P. Redden -- 5. The Measurement of Desires and Craving, Michael A. Sayette & Stephen J. Wilson -- II. Neuroscience of Desire and Desire Regulation -- 6. Motivation and Pleasure in the Brain, Morten L. Kringelbach & Kent C. Berridge -- 7. Neuroscience of Desire Regulation, Richard B. Lopez, Dylan D. Wagner, & Todd F. Heatherton -- 8. Individual Differences in Desire and Approach Motivation, Eddie Harmon-Jones, Philip A. Gable, & Cindy Harmon-Jones -- 9. Developmental Changes in Reward Sensitivity and Cognitive Control across Adolescence: Implications for Desire, Adriana Galvan -- III. Desire, Judgment, and Decision Making -- 10. License to Sin: Reasoning Processes in Desire, Denise T. D. de Ridder, Jessie C. de Witt Huberts, & Catharine Evers -- 11. Perceptions of Desire: A Hot-Cold Empathy Gap Perspective, Rachel L. Ruttan & Loran F. Nordgren -- 12. Want-Should Conflict: A Synthesis of Past Research, T. Bradford Bitterly, Robert Mislavsky, Hengchen Dai, & Katherine L. Milkman -- IV. Desire, Affect, and Well-Being -- 13. You Shall Not Always Get What You Want: The Consequences of Ambivalence toward Desires, Frenk van Harreveld, Hannah U. Nohlen, & Iris K. Schneider -- 14. Desires and Happiness: Aristotelian, Puritan, and Buddhist Approaches, Shigehiro Oishi, Erin Westgate, Jane Tucker, & Asuka Komiya -- 15. Liking Little, Wanting Less: On (Lacking) Desire in Psychopathology, Michael T. Treadway -- V. Applied Content Domains -- 16. Desire for Food and the Power of Mind, Anne Roefs, Katrijn Houben, & Jessica Werthmann -- 17. Sexual Desire: Conceptualization, Correlates, and Causes, Pamela C. Regan -- 18. Aggressive Desires, Thomas F. Denson, Timothy P. Schofield, & Emma C. Fabiansson -- 19. The Role of Desire and Craving in Addiction, Ingmar H. A. Franken -- 20. Three Senses of Desire in Consumer Research, Utpal M. Dholakia -- 21. Old Desires, New Media, Diana I. Tamir & Adrian F. Ward

"Subject Areas/Keywords: addictions, appetites, cravings, desires, human behavior, motivation, neuroscience, self-control, self-regulation, sexuality, social psychology DESCRIPTION Providing a comprehensive perspective on human desire, this volume brings together leading experts from multiple psychological subdisciplines. It addresses such key questions as how desires of different kinds emerge, how they influence judgment and decision making, and how problematic desires can be effectively controlled. Current research is reviewed on underlying brain mechanisms and regulatory processes. Cutting-edge measurement tools are described, including practical recommendations for their use. The book also examines pathological forms of desire and the complex relationship between desire and happiness. The concluding section analyzes specific applied domains--eating, sex, aggression, substance use, shopping, and social media. "--