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stimulation

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


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Once they understood why they found certain situations challenging, it was easier to give themselves permission for things like rest and breaks from sensory stimulation.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 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

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

And then, and here’s the really tough part, don’t fill the void left by the absence of stimulation with some other nonstop 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

These electric stimulations mimicked the mechanical stimuli of a collision.

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

When vitality is at its height in the waking period of a young child, its environment is a succession of stimulations to activity.

From Human Traits and their Social Significance by Irwin Edman




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