sensory stimulation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsensoryandstimulation
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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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stimulation
noun[U]
uk/ˌstɪm.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/us/ˌstɪm.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/
an action or thing that causes someone or something to become more active or enthusiastic, or to develop ...
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A definition of perception should be restricted to those aspects ofsensorystimulationthat are modality-specific.
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Likewise, the effect of meaningfulsensorystimulationand sensory retraining programmes on the potential for improving functional activity warrants further investigation.
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Again: among all previously memorized action recipes that allow you to make lawful changes insensorystimulation, only some are applicable at the present moment.
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We refer to potentialsensorystimulationin terms of arrays of ambient energy, such as the optic array.
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A garden is an important part of the care setting and can provide diversesensorystimulation, including sound, colour and fragrance.
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A definition of perception that includes all effects ofsensorystimulationon behavior is too broad in scope.
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In a nursing interaction, for example, the suckling responses of the infant provide thesensorystimulation that activates the milk let-down response of the mother.
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In fact therefore, you may well have very littlesensorystimulationcoming from the bottle at the present instant.
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By "knowledge" we mean practical mastery, that is, familiarity with the wayssensorystimulationvaries as a function of bodily movement.
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The ecological approach rejects the assumption that the relation between potentialsensorystimulationand physical reality is ambiguous.
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Intrinsic signal changes accompanyingsensorystimulation: functional brain mapping with magnetic resonance imaging.
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Long-term reorganization of human motor cortex driven by short-termsensorystimulation.
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The rationale was that this patient could benefit fromsensorystimulationand could potentially integrate the benefits of both modalities more comprehensively.
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If perception is direct, then we do not perceivesensorystimulationor forms of ambient energy; rather, we perceive the animal-environment interaction, as such.
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Support for cognitive frailties, such assensorystimulationand ease of way-finding, was associated with outward signs of positive emotion.
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That is the problem of how well-defined perceptual experience is generated from the often ambiguous and incompletesensorystimulation.
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When you make an eye saccade, thesensorystimulationprovided by an object will change drastically due to very strong retinal smearing.
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Multi-sensory environments providesensorystimulationand often involve special rooms, referred to as ' snoezelens ', which have been created to present various sensory stimulants.
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However, potentialsensorystimulationduring motion relative to these two referents is not the same when there is acceleration.
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Characteristics of actualsensorystimulationare secondary, both temporally and logically, to relations between ambient energy and reality.
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