Stimulus
noun
Something causing a reaction or a change.
The government's tax cuts were a stimulus for economic growth.
Often appears as...
- economic stimulus
- use as stimulus
noun
An injection of money to help economy or business.
The central bank may use monetary stimulus to boost the economy.
Often appears as...
- stimulus package
- stimulus plan
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Economic
noun
Something that encourages activity or growth.
The competition was a stimulus to her creativity.
Often appears as...
- creative stimulus
- strong stimulus
noun
A signal given to a living organism to cause a response.
The plant reacted to the stimulus of light.
Often appears as...
- responsive to stimulus
- stimulus-response
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Biological
noun
Something causing a reaction or a change.
The government's tax cuts were a stimulus for economic growth.
Often appears as...
- economic stimulus
- use as stimulus
noun
An injection of money to help economy or business.
The central bank may use monetary stimulus to boost the economy.
Often appears as...
- stimulus package
- stimulus plan
Usage tips
Economic
noun
Something that encourages activity or growth.
The competition was a stimulus to her creativity.
Often appears as...
- creative stimulus
- strong stimulus
noun
A signal given to a living organism to cause a response.
The plant reacted to the stimulus of light.
Often appears as...
- responsive to stimulus
- stimulus-response
Usage tips
Biological
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Pro Tip 1/2Economy Reaction
Used to describe measures taken to positively influence economic change or reaction.
Interest rate cuts served as a stimulus during the financial downturn.
Pro Tip 2/2Broad Application
Can apply to various situations where an action spurs change, not just economic.
A new art movement can act as a stimulus for cultural innovation.
Pro Tip 1/2Economy Reaction
Used to describe measures taken to positively influence economic change or reaction.
Interest rate cuts served as a stimulus during the financial downturn.
Pro Tip 2/2Broad Application
Can apply to various situations where an action spurs change, not just economic.
A new art movement can act as a stimulus for cultural innovation.
Pro Tip 1/2Economy Reaction
Used to describe measures taken to positively influence economic change or reaction.
Interest rate cuts served as a stimulus during the financial downturn.
Pro Tip 2/2Broad Application
Can apply to various situations where an action spurs change, not just economic.
A new art movement can act as a stimulus for cultural innovation.
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My Life As an Adventure...
little ice park brings in about five million dollars of additional revenue to the town every winter so it's a really great economic stimulus so I think there's a really cool story there and I'm like cool so he sent me a bunch of pictures he's you know things he wanted to see and he said the week I'm going to
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How do animals...
And even sea slugs flinch when they know they're about to receive a noxious stimulus. That means they have some memory of physical sensations. We still have a lot to learn about animal pain. As our knowledge grows, it may one day allow us to live in a world where we don't cause pain needlessly.
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Ideasthesia: How do...
our sensory experience of the world would be an undifferentiated mass rather than the discrete objects we actually apprehend. For science, the task is to find where this network lies, how it is formed, and how it interacts with external stimuli. For philosophy, the challenge is to rethink
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Dan Dennett: Cute, sexy,...
There's lots of supernormal stimuli for sexiness. And there's even supernormal stimuli for cuteness. Here’s a pretty good example. It’s important that we love babies, and that we not be put off by, say, messy diapers. So babies have to attract our affection and our nurturing, and they do.
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Why do we see illusions?...
it's wider in your visual field than the parts above and below. And this is remarkable, because it's a remarkably simple stimulus. It's just a bunch of straight lines. Why should one of the most complicated objects in the universe be unable to render this incredibly simple image?
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The mysterious science...
the experience of pain, and a biological process called nociception. Nociception is part of the nervous system’s protective response to harmful or potentially harmful stimuli. Sensors in specialized nerve endings detect mechanical, thermal, and chemical threats.
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These Sticky Traps Are...
they also found signs that sundews do not curl up when touched with a gentle breaststroke or by small stones suggesting they are able to distinguish between stimuli and even save their carnivorous energy solely for prey but with 25 percent of the world's
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Inside the ant colony -...
individual ants do interact with one another through touch, sound and chemical signals. These stimuli accomplish many things from serving as an alarm to other ants if one is killed, to signaling when a queen is nearing the end of her reproductive life.
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Ami Klin: A new way to...
It's very much like they brought into this world the reflex that orients them to people, but it has no traction. It's almost as if that stimulus -- you -- you're not exerting influence on what happens as they navigate their daily lives.
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Asking where consciousnes...
this enabled me to actually watch them moving from being completely awake to being completely unaware of all those noxious and terrifying stimuli that come in from the external world now watching brains dissolve and reassemble
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My Life As an Adventure...
little ice park brings in about five million dollars of additional revenue to the town every winter so it's a really great economic stimulus so I think there's a really cool story there and I'm like cool so he sent me a bunch of pictures he's you know things he wanted to see and he said the week I'm going to
Video examples
How do animals...
And even sea slugs flinch when they know they're about to receive a noxious stimulus. That means they have some memory of physical sensations. We still have a lot to learn about animal pain. As our knowledge grows, it may one day allow us to live in a world where we don't cause pain needlessly.
Video examples
Ideasthesia: How do...
our sensory experience of the world would be an undifferentiated mass rather than the discrete objects we actually apprehend. For science, the task is to find where this network lies, how it is formed, and how it interacts with external stimuli. For philosophy, the challenge is to rethink
Video examples
Dan Dennett: Cute, sexy,...
There's lots of supernormal stimuli for sexiness. And there's even supernormal stimuli for cuteness. Here’s a pretty good example. It’s important that we love babies, and that we not be put off by, say, messy diapers. So babies have to attract our affection and our nurturing, and they do.
Video examples
Why do we see illusions?...
it's wider in your visual field than the parts above and below. And this is remarkable, because it's a remarkably simple stimulus. It's just a bunch of straight lines. Why should one of the most complicated objects in the universe be unable to render this incredibly simple image?
Video examples
The mysterious science...
the experience of pain, and a biological process called nociception. Nociception is part of the nervous system’s protective response to harmful or potentially harmful stimuli. Sensors in specialized nerve endings detect mechanical, thermal, and chemical threats.
Video examples
These Sticky Traps Are...
they also found signs that sundews do not curl up when touched with a gentle breaststroke or by small stones suggesting they are able to distinguish between stimuli and even save their carnivorous energy solely for prey but with 25 percent of the world's
Video examples
Inside the ant colony -...
individual ants do interact with one another through touch, sound and chemical signals. These stimuli accomplish many things from serving as an alarm to other ants if one is killed, to signaling when a queen is nearing the end of her reproductive life.
Video examples
Ami Klin: A new way to...
It's very much like they brought into this world the reflex that orients them to people, but it has no traction. It's almost as if that stimulus -- you -- you're not exerting influence on what happens as they navigate their daily lives.
Video examples
Asking where consciousnes...
this enabled me to actually watch them moving from being completely awake to being completely unaware of all those noxious and terrifying stimuli that come in from the external world now watching brains dissolve and reassemble
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Matt Bellamy
English Musician
Introverts probably have a higher degree of sensitivity to outside stimulus and tend to back off. In your quiet shyness as a child, you end up with an accumulation of thoughts and ideas, building up big, imaginative worlds. You have to get it all out somehow, so it goes into your work.
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Andrea Bocelli
Italian Musician
When I sing, I think mostly about the music. But I know that, through singing, my body shows everything that I am. I am a very passionate man and I suffer a lot and have a lot of joy also. In my opinion, it is very important for me to find this stimulus and motivation for singing.
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Jennifer Connelly
American Actress
Everything changes as a mother. Yes, work has changed. The projects that I choose are even more important to me now. The world he's growing up in and the kind of stimulus that is out there; they are so precious and I'd do anything to protect him.
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Neill Blomkamp
South African Director
If you look at the most meaningful science fiction, it didn't come from watching other films. We seem to be in a place now where filmmakers make films based on other films because that's where the stimuli and influence comes from.
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John Breaux
American Politician
Any that is why I think any kind of a stimulus package is going to have to help people who are without work, without a job, help them have health insurance.
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Hannah Gadsby
Australian Comedian
I get anxiety and distressed from external stimuli quite easily, so if I'm in a constant state of self-protection, it's exhausting.
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Jorge Paulo Lemann
Brazilian Businessman
In day-to-day life, you have stimulus to behave unethically, but in the long term, it always pays off to be ethical.
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Robert South
English Clergyman
Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus.
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Roma Downey
Irish Actress
Pausing between stimulus and response allows you to show up in your life.
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Luis Fortuno
American Politician
I supported the stimulus package.
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Matt Bellamy
English Musician
Introverts probably have a higher degree of sensitivity to outside stimulus and tend to back off. In your quiet shyness as a child, you end up with an accumulation of thoughts and ideas, building up big, imaginative worlds. You have to get it all out somehow, so it goes into your work.
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Andrea Bocelli
Italian Musician
When I sing, I think mostly about the music. But I know that, through singing, my body shows everything that I am. I am a very passionate man and I suffer a lot and have a lot of joy also. In my opinion, it is very important for me to find this stimulus and motivation for singing.
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Jennifer Connelly
American Actress
Everything changes as a mother. Yes, work has changed. The projects that I choose are even more important to me now. The world he's growing up in and the kind of stimulus that is out there; they are so precious and I'd do anything to protect him.
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Neill Blomkamp
South African Director
If you look at the most meaningful science fiction, it didn't come from watching other films. We seem to be in a place now where filmmakers make films based on other films because that's where the stimuli and influence comes from.
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John Breaux
American Politician
Any that is why I think any kind of a stimulus package is going to have to help people who are without work, without a job, help them have health insurance.
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Hannah Gadsby
Australian Comedian
I get anxiety and distressed from external stimuli quite easily, so if I'm in a constant state of self-protection, it's exhausting.
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Jorge Paulo Lemann
Brazilian Businessman
In day-to-day life, you have stimulus to behave unethically, but in the long term, it always pays off to be ethical.
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Robert South
English Clergyman
Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus.
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Roma Downey
Irish Actress
Pausing between stimulus and response allows you to show up in your life.
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Luis Fortuno
American Politician
I supported the stimulus package.
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