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stimulation

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


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These clips deliver gentle electrical stimulation, allowing patients to administer the treatment themselves without visiting a clinic.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

For patients who struggle with medication side effects or find psychotherapy difficult to complete, a treatment based on personalized brain stimulation could provide another option.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Lawson, who owns six horses, pointed out that New York City carriages were the most regulated in the country and said horses enjoyed the stimulation.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

This allowed them to estimate which pathways received stimulation and compare those patterns across different patient groups.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

Put another way: They were less impulsive and responsive to external stimulation.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

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

It is well known that for this purpose it is advisable to begin the influence with some slight fatiguing stimulations.

From Psychotherapy by Hugo Münsterberg


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