Algedonic signal
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Algedonic signal
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An algedonic signal is a pre-emptive message concerning pleasure or pain. An arousal mechanism can generate an algedonic signal, and thus provide an important survival mechanism to a living organism by alerting it to a threat. An example of the disastrous consequences of such a system not being in place is that of a moth attracted by the light of an open flame without recognising the danger of fire. In the human nervous system a variety of algedonic signals are brought together in the midbrain r
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2022-11-10T14:39:53Z
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