The origin, development, or production of sensation in organisms; the study of how sensation arises.
From Greek 'aisthesis' (sensation) + 'geny' (origin or becoming). A technical term in psychology and neurology for understanding how sensory capacity develops.
This word is essentially the evolutionary question: how did the first living things develop the ability to feel anything at all—did sensation come before brains, or after?
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