stimuli
Americannoun
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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
The ultralow rates, along with other government stimuli and zero-commission trades, kindled a new generation’s interest in the markets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026
She had tried traditional therapy, as well as interventions like eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy, where a patient is asked to recall traumatic events while experiencing auditory, visual, or tactile stimuli.
From Slate • Dec. 18, 2025
As a movie lover who’s always hunting for new talent, new ideas and new stimuli, I used to view that as creative inertia.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
But without bottom-up, we wouldn’t be alerted to new stimuli, including danger.
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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