stimuli
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Set aside all the academic debates about how many words a young child should hear; parents’ job is to expose their kids to stimuli that expand their thinking.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
She had tried traditional therapy, as well as interventions like eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy, where a patient is asked to recall traumatic events while experiencing auditory, visual, or tactile stimuli.
From Slate • Dec. 18, 2025
"Our research can identify which stimuli most affect blood pressure, heart rate or immune function, for example, and pass that knowledge on to decision-makers," Shaw says.
From Science Daily • Dec. 8, 2025
As a movie lover who’s always hunting for new talent, new ideas and new stimuli, I used to view that as creative inertia.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
He seemed unresponsive to normal stimuli, sealed off in his own world.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
