stimulation

The friends are passingly concerned that they’ve outsourced too much of their mental stimulation to the internet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Brain imaging studies have helped identify the locations where stimulation appears to work most effectively, while electrophysiological research has measured the frequencies of the electrical signals involved.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026

She argued that once a threshold of basic safety, nutrition, love, and stimulation was met, the particular details of the style had a very small effect on a child’s personality or intelligence.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

"By revealing that this system is boosted by gut signaling from the vagus nerve, novel therapeutic targets could leverage this information to explore vagus nerve-based approaches, such as vagus nerve stimulation."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

It was a place of energy and creativity and intellectual stimulation the likes of which we’d never seen.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

That device sends mild electrical stimulations through the vagus nerve to the brain, sparking a release of chemicals like serotonin and dopamine which help us regulate our mood.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2025

It turned out that both were equally as sensitive to the strong stimulations.

From Salon ● Dec. 1, 2023

During both states of consciousness, the animals experienced specific stimulations: two audio tones, including one on its own and another paired with a puff of air on the face.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2023

Knowing where to direct brain stimulations also does not resolve the question of what frequency to use, scientists said.

From New York Times ● Jun. 13, 2022

The stimulations coming in from the body to the brain generally travel on the same side, although in certain cases parallel impulses are also sent over to the other hemisphere as well.

From The Story of the Mind by James Mark Baldwin