Noun, : The approval of others is a potent stimulus. From Dictionary.com.
These short-term stimuli ... don't change aggregate demand. From Wordnik.com. [Economist's View] Reference
It also may inhibit pain stimuli in the central nervous system. From Wordnik.com. [Aspirin: effects, poisoning] Reference
In response to certain stimuli, people from the same culture tend to have similar responses. From Wordnik.com. [Light Shows of the Mind] Reference
The ability to attend to stimuli is controlled by dopamine level fluctuations within a certain margin. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Adderall] Reference
The you that perceives the world and interprets (gives meaning to) external stimuli is the soul as I picture it. From Wordnik.com. [Backing Into an Evidentiary Standard for ID] Reference
In piano playing, the stimuli are the notes as written in the music. From Wordnik.com. [The Science of Human Nature A Psychology for Beginners] Reference
Intuition is defined as stimuli that is below your conscious awareness. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
Like I said, she has been responding to some stimuli, which is a good sign. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 4, 2008] Reference
That would imply that love is purely a reponse to visual stimuli, which is ridiculous. From Wordnik.com. [misspinkkate Diary Entry] Reference
I think it is useful to teach students to be receptive to such against-the-grain stimuli. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Taking the Washington Post to School] Reference
The proposal calls for about two-thirds to go toward medium - and long-term stimuli: infrastructure, energy, education and health care. From Wordnik.com. [Durangoherald.com] Reference
Some people would respond to these "stimuli" at a clinical level. From Wordnik.com. [Bush-Induced Right Wing Mental Dysfunction;] Reference
And that comes with stimuli, meaning that you have to make investments, you have to spend. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 5, 2009] Reference
She was not responding to verbal stimuli, meaning when I would speak to her, she would not respond to me. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 6, 2008] Reference
It's outside, active and full of the kind of stimuli a dog doesn't get during those long days in the condo crate. From Wordnik.com. [And doggie makes three: Taking pets to public events] Reference
Obviously people are akin to stocks--to sources of a flow of what we might call "stimuli" or "value" or something. From Wordnik.com. [Stocks, Flows, and Friendship, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
They are outside, active and full of the kind of stimuli a dog doesn't get during long weekdays in the crate at the condo. From Wordnik.com. [At crowded public events, a doggy divide] Reference
«tonus» (steady contraction), whose relaxation is brought about periodically, and through the action of certain stimuli. From Wordnik.com. [Physiology or Medicine 1920 - Presentation Speech] Reference
This point is a part of a broader discussion about the "stimuli" during the crisis. From Wordnik.com. [The Reference Frame] Reference
We are their "stimuli," by which their feeling, which is developing so delicately, should be exercised. From Wordnik.com. [Spontaneous Activity in Education] Reference
What is new, and what Marc Berman, the lead author of the study, wanted to find out, is whether the kind of stimuli matters. From Wordnik.com. [canada.com Top Stories] Reference
Spread that brain stimuli. From Wordnik.com. [The Tail Section » LOST - Are the others Scientologists?] Reference
What kind of stimuli did you think I had in mind? ". From Wordnik.com. [Bloodhype]
'stimuli' given to robber barons and offshore investors. From Wordnik.com. [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference
The reptilian brain has no functional barrier and can’t delay responses to outer stimuli, meaning everything is a knee-jerk reaction. From Wordnik.com. [Anatomy: The Human Brain Part 2] Reference
Alert to stimuli like loud sounds and bright patterns. From Wordnik.com. [A Bundle Of Emotions] Reference
These couples have seen pictures of their fetuses responding to outside stimuli. From Wordnik.com. [Fetuses As Carolinians] Reference
The brain is plastic, which is to say it changes readily in response to stimuli. From Wordnik.com. [Too Much Information?] Reference
"Children with autism are often more sensitive to sensory stimuli," says Dobkins. From Wordnik.com. [A Family Affair] Reference
His was a world of constant refreshing, immediate access to new information and stimuli. From Wordnik.com. [A World Wide Woe] Reference
The brain's plasticity — it's ability to change in response to different stimuli — is well known. From Wordnik.com. [Reading This Will Change Your Brain] Reference
Dads offer lower voices, different smells and scratchy cheeks -- all useful learning stimuli for the infant. From Wordnik.com. [Building A Better Dad] Reference
Emptying the closet of the mind is seen as threatening, and has been replaced by stuffing it with an increasing volume of stimuli. From Wordnik.com. [Locke Rush: Letting the Water Settle] Reference
Seizures can be triggered by a baffling array of stimuli, as blatant as a flashing strobe light or as subtle as, literally, thought. From Wordnik.com. [In the Grip of the Unknown] Reference
Researchers can more easily determine which stimuli elicit certain responses in the virtual world than in the ambiguity of everyday life. From Wordnik.com. [A Violent Virtual Cure] Reference
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