<p>It seems to me is that sense pleasing is better recognized by the term &quot;<strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reward_system" rel="nofollow noreferrer">rewarding</a> stimuli</strong>&quot;:</p>
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<p>stimuli that the brain interprets as intrinsically positive and desirable or as something to approach</p>
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<p>Obviously rewarding stimuli isn't necessarily about sensual stimuli, but that would be a good start.</p>

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<p>The article <a href="https://www.simpleminded.life/what-makes-aesthetically-pleasing/" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="What Makes Something Aesthetically Pleasing? | Simple Minded">What Makes Something Aesthetically Pleasing? | Simple Minded</a> lists some way to pleasing your <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sense" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Sense - Wikipedia">senses</a>:</p>
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<li><strong>Vision:</strong> balance, emphasis, rhythm, proportion, pattern, unity and contrast. Along with the visual elements: color, line, shape, value, texture</li>
<li><strong>Hearing:</strong> loudness, pitch, beat, repetition, melody, pattern, noise</li>
<li><strong>Touch:</strong> texture, shape, weight, softness, temperature, vibration, sharpness</li>
<li><strong>Smell:</strong> sweet, fruity, fragrant, pungent, chemical, woody, minty</li>
<li><strong>Taste:</strong> umami, sweetness, sourness, bitterness, texture, pungency</li>
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<p>If I want to learn more about <strong>sense pleasing</strong>, where should I start? Which subfields within psychology or neuroscience research about this? The Wikipedia page of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sense" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Sense - Wikipedia">Sensation</a> doesn't contain the keyword <code>pleasing</code>. Searching on Google Scholar with the keyword <a href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&amp;as_sdt=0%2C5&amp;q=sense+pleasing&amp;btnG=" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="sense pleasing - Google Scholar"><code>sense pleasing</code></a> doesn't yield anything. Two other fields relevant to this are aesthetics and design, but they are just applications of this concept.</p>

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Why not go to the beginning and scholar search "aesthetically pleasing" or "aesthetically please"?
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There are many reasons: (1) initial searches didn't yield anything. (2) Still, I'm reading on other topics in aesthetics that may related to it. (3) I must confess that I feel like only psychology and neuroscience can provide a "legitimate" answer. For one, temperature sense does exists, but I don't think aesthetics be aware of it
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What keywords to learn more about sense pleasing?
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# What keywords to learn more about sense pleasing?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-05-17)

The article [What Makes Something Aesthetically Pleasing? | Simple Minded](https://www.simpleminded.life/what-makes-aesthetically-pleasing/ "What Makes Something Aesthetically Pleasing? | Simple Minded") lists some way to pleasing your [senses](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sense "Sense - Wikipedia"):

* **Vision:** balance, emphasis, rhythm, proportion, pattern, unity and contrast. Along with the visual elements: color, line, shape, value, texture
* **Hearing:** loudness, pitch, beat, repetition, melody, pattern, noise
* **Touch:** texture, shape, weight, softness, temperature, vibration, sharpness
* **Smell:** sweet, fruity, fragrant, pungent, chemical, woody, minty
* **Taste:** umami, sweetness, sourness, bitterness, texture, pungency

If I want to learn more about **sense pleasing**, where should I start? Which subfields within psychology or neuroscience research about this? The Wikipedia page of [Sensation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sense "Sense - Wikipedia") doesn't contain the keyword `pleasing`. Searching on Google Scholar with the keyword [`sense pleasing`](https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=sense+pleasing&btnG= "sense pleasing - Google Scholar") doesn't yield anything. Two other fields relevant to this are aesthetics and design, but they are just applications of this concept.

**Tags:** emotion, sensation, aesthetics

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Why not go to the beginning and scholar search "aesthetically pleasing" or "aesthetically please"?  
> **username_0**: There are many reasons: (1) initial searches didn't yield anything. (2) Still, I'm reading on other topics in aesthetics that may related to it. (3) I must confess that I feel like only psychology and neuroscience can provide a "legitimate" answer. For one, temperature sense does exists, but I don't think aesthetics be aware of it  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2020-10-30. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

It seems to me is that sense pleasing is better recognized by the term "**[rewarding](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reward_system) stimuli**":

> stimuli that the brain interprets as intrinsically positive and desirable or as something to approach

Obviously rewarding stimuli isn't necessarily about sensual stimuli, but that would be a good start.


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