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one stimulus to another may be represented by saying that the two stimuli share elements in common. These shared elements help to account for stimulus generalization...

External stimuli are capable of producing systemic responses throughout the body, as in the fight-or-flight response. In order for a stimulus to be detected...

the artificial stimulus over the naturally occurring stimulus. A variety of organisms display or are susceptible to supernormal stimuli, including insects...

and adaptive. In subliminal stimuli research, the threshold is the level at which the participant is not aware of the stimulus being presented. Researchers...

The sign stimulus, also known as key stimulus or releaser, is the determining feature of a stimulus that produces a response. Sign stimuli are often...

types of stimuli. The adequate stimulus is the amount and type of energy required to stimulate a specific sensory organ. Many of the sensory stimuli are categorized...

activated by the stimulus plays the primary role in coding the sensation. All sensory modalities work together to heighten stimuli sensation when necessary...

up stimulus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A stimulus is something that causes a physiological response. It may refer to: Stimulation Stimulus (physiology)...

The stimulus–response model is a conceptual framework in psychology that describes how individuals react to external stimuli. According to this model,...

several kinds of stimuli have been distinguished. In the theory of classical conditioning, unconditioned stimulus (US) is a stimulus that unconditionally...

perceive noxious stimuli is a prerequisite for nociception, which itself is a prerequisite for nociceptive pain. A noxious stimulus has been seen to drive...

central stimulus is one which can only be successfully found if the brain is involved in the response to the pain (as opposed to peripheral stimuli, which...

economics, stimulus refers to attempts to use monetary policy or fiscal policy (or stabilization policy in general) to stimulate the economy. Stimulus can also...

controlling stimuli. The controlling effects of stimuli are seen in quite diverse situations and in many aspects of behavior. For example, a stimulus presented...

the stimulus, and men may be more likely than women to objectify the actors. There are reported differences in brain activation to sexual stimuli, with...

In psychology, aversives are unpleasant stimuli that induce changes in behavior via negative reinforcement or positive punishment. By applying an aversive...

factors may render a single stimulus to be left as merely a stimulus, not a percept that is subject for brain interpretation. Stimuli are not necessarily translated...

of any given stimulus (Borsook et al., 2007) and emotional arousal induced by motivational stimuli increases the attention given to stimuli influencing...

future behavior, typically in the presence of a particular antecedent stimulus. For example, a rat can be trained to push a lever to receive food whenever...

stimuli and the sensations and perceptions they produce. Psychophysics has been described as "the scientific study of the relation between stimulus and...