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something that arouses action or activity
seeing a Broadway play for the first time was the stimulus for her career in the theater
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Recent Examples of stimuli
These stimuli triggered the brain to activate the motor neurons that in a real fly would move its proboscis, the insect equivalent of a tongue.
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Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
In an effort to ease the cats’ suffering, the scientists next exposed them to calming stimuli like colored (blue, green, and red) lights and pleasant scents like grapefruit.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2024
The researchers measured the cats’ stress and pain levels using stimuli delivered through the electrodes.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2024
Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
In an effort to ease the cats’ suffering, the scientists next exposed them to calming stimuli like colored (blue, green, and red) lights and pleasant scents like grapefruit.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2024
The researchers measured the cats’ stress and pain levels using stimuli delivered through the electrodes.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Stimuli.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stimuli. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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