acoustic stimulus

collocation in English

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acoustic
adjective
uk
/əˈkuː.stɪk/us
/əˈkuː.stɪk/
relating to sound ...
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stimulus
noun[C]
uk
/ˈstɪm.jə.ləs/us
/ˈstɪm.jə.ləs/
something that causes growth ...
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Anacousticstimulusproduces a simultaneous change in conductance at the membrane of the receptor cell.
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The signal is never turned back into anacousticstimulus, unlike a hearing aid.
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Neuronal responses to the acoustic stimuli were recorded together with the responses to current injection.
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Intrinsic neurons in the amygdaloid field projected to by the medial geniculate body mediate emotional responses conditioned to acoustic stimuli.
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Pure tones and noise bursts were used as acoustic stimuli.
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Discharge rate was calculated in the absence of acoustic stimuli over varied membrane potentials which were changed by intracellular injection of current or through automatic drifting.
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This evidence of identity-location binding was found for nonverbal, as well as verbal, acoustic stimuli, and for retention intervals exceeding the persistence typically presumed for auditory sensory memory.
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Secondly, this approach tends to propagate a view that this skill of 'timbral discrimination' can only be usefully examined in relation to specifically defined acoustic stimuli.
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Due to this mechanism, for example, incoming acoustic stimuli can be processed with astonishing speed as when comprehending spoken language or localizing moving sounds.
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The frontal cortex is predominantly associated with attentional processing, but it may also be involved in pre-attentive processing of complex and/or salient acoustic stimuli.
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Multipolar cells are sensitive to changes in acoustic stimuli and in particular, onset and offset of sounds, as well as changes in intensity and frequency.
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Individuals use tactile, visual, and acoustic stimuli to communicate.
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