stimuli

[stim-yuh-lahy]

noun

1. the plural of stimulus.

Example Sentences

This allows researchers to study how people respond neurologically to political stimuli such as campaign ads, speeches and election slogans.

From BBC

Sea lions don’t naturally adapt their calls to external stimuli in the wild, although seals do, which share an evolutionary root with sea lions more than 20 million years up the ancestral tree.

From Salon

Specifically, are people exercising top-down control or is it more about changing the balance of perception by giving more weight to incoming sensory stimuli?

From Salon

"The odour stimuli used in this study were only those of known and unknown persons," said one of the study's authors, Hidehiko Uchiyama.

From BBC

We are all wired to focus on the most salient stimuli in our environment.

From Los Angeles Times

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