Associations to the word «Stimulus»
Noun
- Localization
- Baseline
- Correlate
- Modulation
- Organism
- Recession
- Pathway
- Contingency
- Deprivation
- Inflammation
- Extinction
- Hallucination
- Opioid
- Repetition
- Duration
- Signaling
- Lesion
- Input
- Morphine
- Pain
- Cns
- Specificity
- Trigger
- Discrimination
- Deficit
- Brain
- Relaxation
- Vigilance
- Kinase
- Fiber
- Cognition
- Conduction
- Exertion
- Respiration
- Valence
- Anxiety
- Electrode
- Impulse
- Enhancement
- Detecting
- Exposure
- Federal
- Budget
- Duce
- Hormone
- Oscillation
- Lobe
- Reaction
- Internal
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
STIMULUS, noun. (Can we clean up([1]) this sense?) Anything that may have an impact or influence on a system.
STIMULUS, noun. (Can we clean up([1]) this sense?) (physiology) Something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response.
STIMULUS, noun. (Can we clean up([1]) this sense?) (psychology) Anything effectively impinging upon any of the sensory apparatuses of a living organism, including physical phenomena both internal and external to the body.
STIMULUS, noun. (Can we clean up([1]) this sense?) Anything that induces a person to take action.
Dictionary definition
STIMULUS, noun. Any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.