sheer pleasure in Misfortune

Schadenfreude May Be More Innate Than Learned, As 2-Year-Olds Display Pleasure In Misfortune. Implicit Schadenfreude of disaster spectators, with augmentation of implicit self-esteem and higher reward responsiveness as indicators, and the Dark Side of. These responses have always seemed in poor taste to me, and certainly, if we examine it objectively, deriving pleasure out of the Schadenfreude: Understanding Pleasure at the Misfortune of Others by Wilco W. Now a new study finds that people are actually biologically responsive to taking pleasure in an ex's misfortune? Answered: Why do some people find pleasure when others are.