arousal
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Stimulant medications affect arousal and reward, not attention networks.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 29, 2025
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
It’s also because of what happens after the chase, since pursuing a suspect at high speed is precisely the kind of activity that pushes police officers into this dangerous state of high arousal.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
“Because they have low arousals, they are less protected from any hypoxic event—a shortage of oxygen.”
From Scientific American ● May 1, 2018
Although they may be disruptive to parents, spontaneous arousals could help save a baby’s life.
From Scientific American ● May 1, 2018
In a stark departure from Freudian orthodoxy, Solms argues that what Freud said constituted the id — arousals, instincts and drives — are instead conscious states, readily accessible to observation.
From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2015
Breathing stoppages literally suction up your stomach juices into your throat, causing more swelling and inflammation, causing more obstructions and arousals.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2010
Confusional arousals: People may be agitated, aggressive and unable to waken fully, talk clearly or respond to questions.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 12, 2010
