sensory input
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsensoryandinput
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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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input
noun
uk/ˈɪn.pʊt/us/ˈɪn.pʊt/
something such as energy, money, or information that is put into a system, organization, or machine so that it ...
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(Definition ofsensoryandinputfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Sensation is rawsensoryinput, while perception is a representation of how things are in the environment based upon, or suggested by, this input.
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Movement of the head in the direction of the sound source mainly affects the amplitude but not the frequency of thesensoryinput.
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Selective responding by autistic children to multiplesensoryinput.
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Hallucination is "underconstrained bysensoryinput" (sect. 1, para. 2, emphasis in original).
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Instead of being "transmitted" to the cortex,sensoryinputmay only play an adjuvant role in thalamocortical activation.
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Two differences, however, are the role given to the thalamus and the contribution of reducedsensoryinputto hallucinations.
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It is therefore not surprising that a variety of regulatory mechanisms can affect the balance between intrinsic thalamocortical activity and constrainingsensoryinput.
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Such interpretation is brain specific, it can in fact be summoned in the absence ofsensoryinputas when we dream of blue skies.
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The spike trains of neurons in sensory systems are certainly correlated with the structure ofsensoryinput.
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Other contributing factors may include decline insensoryinput(hearing and visual acuity), working memory and executive function.
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Subjects show a pattern of results similar to that of model simulations assensoryinputis degraded.
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Transitions between states are based on the muscular command orsensoryinput.
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It may be important to understand thatsensoryinputmerely constrains self-organising processes in parts of the thalamocortical system that subserve perception.
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During lexical contact, listeners synthesize several form-based representations from thesensoryinput and then match them to lexical items stored in long-term memory.
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This inhibition serves to put off immediate gratification (that is dependent upon the magnitude and intent of immediatesensoryinput) in favor of long-term goals.
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During wakefulness, brainstem regulatory systems globally facilitate or inhibit fast oscillatory and resonance capabilities of thalamic neurons and modulate their responsiveness to afferentsensoryinput.
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Then, random activity may predominate over stimulus-specific activity, and relay cells may become recruited into thalamocortical reverberations without receiving adequatesensoryinput.
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