stimulation
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She argued that once a threshold of basic safety, nutrition, love, and stimulation was met, the particular details of the style had a very small effect on a child’s personality or intelligence.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Known as NEUSLeeP, the device combines gentle ultrasound stimulation with electrodes that track brain activity as it happens.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
"By revealing that this system is boosted by gut signaling from the vagus nerve, novel therapeutic targets could leverage this information to explore vagus nerve-based approaches, such as vagus nerve stimulation."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Clinical psychologist Cathy Grant said electrical stimulation briefly stopped Tilly from naming objects, helping surgeons identify tissue that needed to be protected.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Nevertheless, and although he himself did not seem to notice it, those letters of recuperation and stimulation were slowly changing into pastoral letters of disenchantment.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
That device sends mild electrical stimulations through the vagus nerve to the brain, sparking a release of chemicals like serotonin and dopamine which help us regulate our mood.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2025
It turned out that both were equally as sensitive to the strong stimulations.
From Salon ● Dec. 1, 2023
During both states of consciousness, the animals experienced specific stimulations: two audio tones, including one on its own and another paired with a puff of air on the face.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2023
Knowing where to direct brain stimulations also does not resolve the question of what frequency to use, scientists said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 13, 2022
He is in a sense passive; stimulations rain down upon him, and force him into certain attitudes and ways of action.
From The Story of the Mind by James Mark Baldwin
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