stimulation
Noun
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The act of arousing an organism to action (synset 101264467)
subtypes: galvanisation, galvanization - stimulation that arouses a person to lively action
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Any stimulating information or event;
Acts to arouse action (synset 105836008)is a type of: information - knowledge acquired through study or experience or instructionsubtypes:- elicitation, evocation, induction - stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors
- kick - the sudden stimulation provided by strong drink (or certain drugs)
- turn-on - something causing excitement or stimulating interest
- negative stimulation, turnoff - something causing antagonism or loss of interest
- conditioned stimulus - the stimulus that is the occasion for a conditioned response
- reinforcement, reinforcer, reinforcing stimulus - (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it
- cue, discriminative stimulus - a stimulus that provides information about what to do
- positive stimulus - a stimulus with desirable consequences
- negative stimulus - a stimulus with undesirable consequences
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(physiology) the effect of a stimulus (on nerves or organs etc.) (synset 113582922)
referred to in: physiology - the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organismsis a type of: action, activity, natural action, natural process - a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)subtypes:
- activation - stimulation of activity in an organism or chemical
- galvanisation, galvanization - stimulation with a galvanic current
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Mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse (synset 100855465)
is a type of: sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice - activities associated with sexual intercoursesubtypes:
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