stimulation
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"If caffeine helps a person function during the day while simultaneously worsening the quality of nighttime recovery, a vicious circle may develop: greater fatigue, greater need for stimulation, and poorer sleep," says Prof. Kurpas.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
After high frequency electrical stimulation, the pearl-like regions became an average of 8% longer and 17% wider, with enlargement lasting at least 30 minutes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
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 source of visual stimulation that is most relevant to the person gets the lion’s share of the neurological resources.
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
The stimulations coming in from the body to the brain generally travel on the same side, although in certain cases parallel impulses are also sent over to the other hemisphere as well.
From The Story of the Mind by James Mark Baldwin
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