salient stimulus

collocation in English

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salient
adjective
uk
/ˈseɪ.li.ənt/us
/ˈseɪ.li.ənt/
The salient facts about something or qualities of something are the most important things ...
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stimulus
noun[C]
uk
/ˈstɪm.jə.ləs/us
/ˈstɪm.jə.ləs/
something that causes growth ...
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To efficiently resolve the conflict between the two cues, the moresalientstimulusfeature must be ignored in favor of the less salient correct option.
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On the other hand, it is clear that, at least for some cells and some grating combinations, the plaid is a lesssalientstimulusthan a one-dimensional grating.
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Selection of attention is the ability to select to a specific task over a moresalientstimulusor set of background stimuli.
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Subjective rating of emotionally salient stimuli modulates neural activity.
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A natural extension of this work would be to include affectively salient stimuli.
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Monkeys were trained to look at a center stimulus and were then presented with two salient stimuli side by side.
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This suggests their attention was drawn preferentially by the previously presented salient stimuli.
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This is because desire is a more salient stimuli than feasibility, causing those experiencing alcohol myopia to ignore the less salient stimulant of feasibility.
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Facial emotional expressions are particularly salient stimuli for transferring important nonverbal signals to others.
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Its main function is to reorient attention towards salient stimuli.
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In this modified version of the task the probe replaces the neutral stimuli 100% of the time or the salient stimuli 100% of the time.
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When attention deployment is driven by salient stimuli, it is considered to be bottom-up, memory-free, and reactive.
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Usually, the anxious participant will be faster in responding to probes replacing salient stimuli than those replacing neutral stimuli.
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Attentional control is the balance between the two attentional systems, the "goal-directed system", influenced by the individual's goals, and the "stimulus-driven system", influenced by salient stimuli.
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