arousal

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According to Ährlund-Richter, ACA may help the brain focus on potentially meaningful visual details as arousal rises, while ORB may act to reduce attention to distracting or overly strong stimuli.

From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2025

As a therapist, I know that for children with autism, water offers resistance, pressure and pleasant sensory arousal.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

One, called the locus coeruleus, is a deep brain region that activates the stress response, promoting arousal and vigilance.

From Salon • Aug. 7, 2024

So far, this is the first time that such approximation of arousal levels using fMRI was attempted in psychedelic research.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2024

Are extreme arousal and mind-blindness inevitable under conditions of stress?

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell