specific stimulus
collocation in Englishmeaningsofspecificandstimulus
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specific
adjective
uk/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/us/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/
relating to one thing and not ...
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stimulus
noun[C]
uk/ˈstɪm.jə.ləs/us/ˈstɪm.jə.ləs/
something that causes growth ...
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This synchronous firing may therefore be a by-product of pooling or "excitation sharing" rather than a morespecificstimulusparameter encoding mechanism.
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The present design allowed for the isolated examination ofspecificstimuluscharacteristics (identity and location).
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These delayed memories may be recovered in response to aspecificstimulus.
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The selectivity aspect of the task related to the child having to make a response to aspecificstimuluswhile disregarding all nontarget items.
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These receptive fields have traditionally been considered limited in spatial extent and tuned tospecificstimulusattributes.
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These calculations should be viewed as rough estimates and are only relevant to thespecificstimulusparameters of our experiments.
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In visual cortex, columns representingspecificstimulusattributes are seen in both striate and extrastriate cortex, and on both the dorsal and ventral pathways.
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It is well-known that sensory neurons are often 'tuned ' tospecificstimulusfeatures, to which they respond selectively.
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First, the activity of the axon terminal increases sharply when the inhibitory input is blocked with bicuculline although nospecificstimuluswas applied to the retinal tissue.
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Several species of parasitic nematodes have in common the ability of the unhatched juvenile to survive in a quiescent state until activated by aspecificstimulus.
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Finding the same level of resistance to extinction in both conditions would contradict the hypothesis thatspecificstimulus-reinforcer contingencies account for the behavioral "mass" of discriminated operant behavior.
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For example, lengthy training with a rich schedule of reinforcement for responding in the presence of aspecificstimulusshould make control by that stimulus harder to disrupt.
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His personality theory suggested the hypothesis that specific neurochemical transmitters in our brain determine how we respond to aspecificstimuluswe may experience.
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The basilar membrane moves to audio stimuli through thespecificstimulusfrequency matches the resonant frequency of a particular region of the basilar membrane.
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The system works when activity in a sensory neuron is triggered by aspecificstimulussuch as pain, for instance.
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Compared to grandmother cells, an individual neuron in sparse coding is involved in coding two things, and two neurons code for aspecificstimulus.
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Many experiments end with the presentation of items never seen before; successful sorting of these items shows that the animal has not simply learned manyspecificstimulus-response associations.
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Often triggered by hypersensitivity to specific stimuli, the individual experiences escalating agitation followed by an abrupt outburst of aggressive and threatening behavior.
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