external stimulation

collocation in English

meaningsofexternalandstimulation

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external
adjective
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/ɪkˈstɜː.nəl/us
/ɪkˈstɝː.nəl/
of, on, for, or coming from ...
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stimulation
noun[U]
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/ˌstɪm.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌstɪm.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/
an action or thing that causes someone or something to become more active or enthusiastic, or to develop ...
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(Definition ofexternalandstimulationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Feature codes that are activated byexternalstimulationor internal processes are bound into separate, coherent event structures.
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Anticipatory tool preparation and chimpanzee warfare clearly involve long-term cognitive activity withoutexternalstimulation.
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This suggests thatexternalstimulationinitiates "recall" of the recently learned material and makes it available for further processing.
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In this sense, affective states become partially separated fromexternalstimulationand interactions with others with whom they were originally associated.
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In fact, it is possible to induce terrors byexternalstimulation, such as sounding a buzzer.
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He provides support for this claim by showing that when we purge all support for a percept fromexternalstimulation, the preferred perceptual solutions conform to the putative universals.
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From this, he deduced the prominent role thatexternalstimulationplayed in the thought processes of adults.
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As a scientific tool, tonic immobility is considered to be a fear-potentiated response induced by physical restraint and characterised by reduced responsiveness toexternalstimulation.
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In the absence ofexternalstimulation, the activity of the cochlear amplifier increases, leading to the production of sound.
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While a person can be awake and conscious, he or she may not show any signs of awareness or recognition toexternalstimulation.
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In these cases, sleep may be defined using behavioral characteristics such as minimal movement, postures typical for the species, and reduced responsiveness toexternalstimulation.
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A subset of people, most current or former bulimics, are able to regurgitate without using anyexternalstimulationor drug, by means of muscle control.
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This spell was then broken suddenly by someexternalstimulation.
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The fact that extroverts require moreexternalstimulationthan introverts has been interpreted as evidence for this hypothesis.
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It is possible, throughexternalstimulation(like strobe-lights and aural frequencies), to induce a synchronised rhythm in the brain waves that is not the normal state of these waves.
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Lilly decided to test this hypothesis and, with this in mind, created an environment which totally isolated an individual fromexternalstimulation.
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