- plural of stimulus.
stimuli
Americannoun
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Yet Schoenbrun’s observations are presented in the film as though they’re opaque, overloaded with smug surrealism and jam-packed with visual stimuli designed to wink and nudge at the otherwise obvious.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
They employ all manners of external stimuli and self-optimization techniques to approach even a fraction of what your heart is naturally capable of.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Gallio and his team found that a key sensory protein involved in detecting harmful stimuli is much less responsive in snow flies than in other insects.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 26, 2026
Set aside all the academic debates about how many words a young child should hear; parents’ job is to expose their kids to stimuli that expand their thinking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
He introduced a range of different demands and stimuli, asking lab participants to respond with the left hand, or the right, and to discern among and between colors, words, sounds.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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