Alliesthesia

Alliesthesia (.mw-parser-output .polytonic{font-family:'SBL BibLit','SBL Greek',Athena,'EB Garamond','EB Garamond 12','Foulis Greek','Garamond Libre',Cardo,'Gentium Plus',Gentium,Garamond,'Palatino Linotype','DejaVu Sans','DejaVu Serif',FreeSerif,FreeSans,'Arial Unicode MS','Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',Code2000,sans-serif}αλλoς (allós) - other, and αἴσθησις (aísthēsis) - sensation, perception; French : alliesthésie, German : Alliästhesie) is a psychophysiological phenomenon (not to be confused with the pathologic symptom of allesthesia) that describes the dependent relationship between the internal state of an organism and the perceived pleasure or displeasure of stimuli. The internal state of an organism is in constant change, and any stimulus that can help to correct an error or need will be pleasantly perceived. For example, food will be more pleasant when hungry compared to when an organism is satiated. The sensation aroused therefore depends not only on the quality or on the intensity of the stimulus, but also on the internal state of the organism as sensed by internal receptors. The relationship between the perceptual system and physiology is subjective and studied by psychophysics. Alliesthesia (.mw-parser-output .polytonic{font-family:'SBL BibLit','SBL Greek',Athena,'EB Garamond','EB Garamond 12','Foulis Greek','Garamond Libre',Cardo,'Gentium Plus',Gentium,Garamond,'Palatino Linotype','DejaVu Sans','DejaVu Serif',FreeSerif,FreeSans,'Arial Unicode MS','Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',Code2000,sans-serif}αλλoς (allós) - other, and αἴσθησις (aísthēsis) - sensation, perception; French : alliesthésie, German : Alliästhesie) is a psychophysiological phenomenon (not to be confused with the pathologic symptom of allesthesia) that describes the dependent relationship between the internal state of an organism and the perceived pleasure or displeasure of stimuli. The internal state of an organism is in constant change, and any stimulus that can help to correct an error or need will be pleasantly perceived. For example, food will be more pleasant when hungry compared to when an organism is satiated. The sensation aroused therefore depends not only on the quality or on the intensity of the stimulus, but also on the internal state of the organism as sensed by internal receptors. The relationship between the perceptual system and physiology is subjective and studied by psychophysics.