sensory cue
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsensoryandcue
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sensory
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈsen.sər.i/us/ˈsen.sər.i/
connected with the physical senses of touch, smell, taste, hearing, ...
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cue
noun[C]
uk/kjuː/us/kjuː/
a word or action in a play or film that is used as a signal by a performer to begin saying or ...
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(Definition ofsensoryandcuefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Body odor is asensorycuecritical for mate selection because it is a signal of immunological health.
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At the behavioral level, animals' actions stem from an integration of sensory cues, motivational states, and motor planning.
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This plasticity can occur when already learned movement sequences are repeatedly performed from memory or when they are performed in response to sensory cues.
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Rich patches of some fruit and seed species tested may give off more sensory cues to these forest-dwelling rodents compared to poor patches, thus increasing the encounter rate.
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This suggests that place cells respond to complex stimuli rather than simple individual sensory cues.
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If an organism is unable to use sensory cues effectively, they may be unable to respond to early warning signs of predation risk.
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He states the song is a... rarely matched romancer with more sensory cues than just about everything he s ever cut.
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The pair were placed in adjacent rooms unable to see each other and an electric fan was used to prevent the pair communicating by sensory cues.
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This spectrum encompasses a wide range of fidelity as to physical cockpit characteristics and quality of software models, as well as various implementations of sound, motion, and visual sensory cues.
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They also state that concerns have been raised that caffeine can mask some of the sensory cues individuals might normally rely on to determine their level of intoxication.
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Because different species rely on different senses, sensory ecologists seek to understand which environmental and sensory cues are more important in determining the behavioral patterns of certain species.
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In every experiment investigated flaws and weaknesses were discovered so the possibility of naturalistic explanations (such as sensory cues) or deception and trickery were not ruled out.
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In this day and age, the nature of food has changed to a far more elaborate structure that provides more layers, more sensory cues, more sensory stimuli.
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Species can be separated by their initial response to a trawl mouth, their position within a net, and their responses to visual and rheotactic sensory cues.
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