Definición de «arousal» en inglés

noun

1. The act of arousing or the state of being aroused.

   • bodily arousal
   • emotional arousal
   • to influence the arousal of brain and behavior

2. Sexual arousal.

   • Some people get arousal from the depiction of feet.

3. A physiological and psychological state of being awake or reactive to stimuli, including elevated heart rate and blood pressure and a condition of sensory alertness, mobility and readiness to respond.

   • 2003, Jinhee Choi, "Fits and Startles: Cognitivism Revisited," The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, vol. 61, no. 2 (Spring), p. 152, Subjects report the physiological arousals induced by adrenaline and placebo differently.

4. Arousal from sleep or hibernation.

   • the mechanism for arousal from sleep
   • The animal undergoes regular spells of arousal.