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stimulation

[stim-yuh-ley-shuhn] / ˌstɪm jəˈleɪ ʃən /


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The friends are passingly concerned that they’ve outsourced too much of their mental stimulation to the internet.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

The industry uses the terms “enhanced recovery” and “well stimulation techniques” to describe these controversial methods to extend the life of an oil well.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

The findings could therefore provide a foundation for making deep brain stimulation more precisely tailored to an individual patient's brain network, particularly when existing DBS settings do not provide the desired level of symptom relief.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus is already an established therapy for easing motor symptoms in people with Parkinson's disease.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

We use it for the electrical stimulation therapy.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

Electrical stimulations are important first steps towards the team's bigger goal of triggering learning in the biocomputer's neurons so they can eventually adapt to perform tasks.

From BBC Oct. 3, 2025

It turned out that both were equally as sensitive to the strong stimulations.

From Salon Dec. 1, 2023

Scientists demonstrated that the jellies could acquire the ability to avoid obstacles through associative learning, a process through which organisms form mental connections between sensory stimulations and behaviors.

From Science Daily Sep. 22, 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

As noted above, the mind acquires an ability to concentrate itself upon a single problem in the midst of relatively violent stimulations.

From Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education by Ontario. Ministry of Education




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