arousal
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Once again, the medications activated reward and arousal networks rather than attention networks.
From Science Daily • Dec. 29, 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
Emotional responses and physiological arousal, measured through skin conductance, were not significant predictors of feedback-seeking behavior, suggesting that these factors may not play as large of a role in shaping decisions to seek performance feedback.
From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2024
One, called the locus coeruleus, is a deep brain region that activates the stress response, promoting arousal and vigilance.
From Salon • Aug. 7, 2024
He clearly played basketball in that same optimal range of arousal in which Ron Avery performed.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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