environmental stimulus

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environmental
adjective
uk
/ɪnˌvaɪ.rənˈmen.təl/us
/ɪnˌvaɪ.rənˈmen.t̬əl/
relating to ...
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stimulus
noun[C]
uk
/ˈstɪm.jə.ləs/us
/ˈstɪm.jə.ləs/
something that causes growth ...
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(Definition ofenvironmentalandstimulusfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In this manner, the particularenvironmentalstimulusthat most strongly regulates germination under natural conditions can be identified.
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A potential incentive motive (or goal) functions as anenvironmentalstimulusthat is appraised positively and thus as something to be desired.
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Are there genetic polymorphisms that make certain individuals susceptible while others remain resistant to the effects of anenvironmentalstimulus?
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On the other hand, for adults who have experienced many depressogenic events and thus have developed biological sensitivity, it will take a relatively minorenvironmentalstimulusto evoke depression.
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They used a variety of terms in their research to refer to the external stimulus, which functions as an incentive, such as 'environmentalstimulus', 'goal stimulus', and 'goal object'.
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This limitedenvironmentalstimulusis referred to as poverty of the stimulus.
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This means that the filaments can be rapidly remodelled and can change cellular structure in response to anenvironmentalstimulus.
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Light is anenvironmentalstimulusfor regulating circadian cycles.
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Weeks to months later, numbness can develop into severe and chronic pain that is not proportional to anenvironmentalstimulus, called dysaesthesia or allodynia.
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Some plants are serotinous and only disperse their seeds in response to anenvironmentalstimulus.
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They avoid not only environmental stimuli, such as activities, places, and people, but also conversations and covert thoughts that remind them of the trauma.
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Clues to the aetiology of the disease have been suggested by environmental stimuli associated with the development of severe pulmonary hypertension.
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In such systems, agents change their organisational relations and behaviour as a response to environmental stimuli or requirements changes.
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Taskrelevant information includes the environmental stimuli, instructions, or goals that must be abstracted and integrated to guide behavior.
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This response, not readily discernible in the presence of other environmental stimuli, can be observed under controlled laboratory conditions.
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Both cases also emphasize absorption of attention on a limited number of environmental stimuli.
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The marketing stimuli are planned and processed by the companies, whereas theenvironmentalstimulus are given by social factors, based on the economical, political and cultural circumstances of a society.
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We formulate a series of hypothesis tests regarding the pattern of the genetic control for reaction norms to various environmental stimuli.
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However, his model does not stress the role of environmental stimuli in addiction.
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There are likely to be many dimensions of environmental stimuli along which responses can alter fitness.
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