irrelevant stimuli

collocation in English

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irrelevant
adjective
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/ɪˈrel.ə.vənt/us
/ɪˈrel.ə.vənt/
not related to what is being discussed or considered and therefore ...
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stimulus
noun[C]
uk
/ˈstɪm.jə.ləs/us
/ˈstɪm.jə.ləs/
something that causes growth ...
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(Definition ofirrelevantandstimulusfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Tests the ability to focus attention on specific attributes of compound stimuli (intradimensional stages) and to shift attention when required to a previouslyirrelevantstimulusdimension (extradimensional stages).
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Such attention deficits in schizophrenia are mainly characterized by an inability to sustain attention and to ignore irrelevant stimuli.
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Stroop's task showed thatirrelevantstimulusinformation can have a major impact on performance.
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It has thus been suggested that learning (of task irrelevant stimuli) is contingent upon spatially diffusive learning signals.
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In effect, the animal learns to stop responding to irrelevant stimuli.
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Some experiments may use additional interferences such as changing the position of the stimuli or presenting completely irrelevant stimuli during either of these trials.
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In order for the priority of allocation to be established, relevant and irrelevant stimuli must be adequately distinguished from each other.
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The visual system therefore needs a way to select relevant information and ignore irrelevant stimuli.
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It has been found consistently that observers correctly separate relevant from irrelevant stimuli due to physical rather than semantic features, indicating selection channels are heavily influenced by physical features.
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Performance increases on simple tasks because the performers focus their attention on the new stimuli, instead of the irrelevant stimuli that is characteristic of simple tasks.
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The results of the study suggested that when irrelevant stimuli were large or bright, attention was biased towards the irrelevant objects, prioritizing them for cognitive processing.
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