arousal

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Once again, the medications activated reward and arousal networks rather than attention networks.

From Science Daily • Dec. 29, 2025

Children who had taken stimulants showed stronger activity in brain regions associated with arousal and wakefulness, as well as areas involved in predicting how rewarding an activity might be.

From Science Daily • Dec. 29, 2025

ACA activity also tracked closely with arousal level, while ORB responded only when arousal reached a high threshold.

From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2025

As a therapist, I know that for children with autism, water offers resistance, pressure and pleasant sensory arousal.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

It’s also because of what happens after the chase, since pursuing a suspect at high speed is precisely the kind of activity that pushes police officers into this dangerous state of high arousal.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell