stimulating

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To study this system, researchers recorded brain activity in mice by inserting electrodes and stimulating neurons with light.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

Their dynamic was far more about stimulating the viewer than surprising them.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026

It was all a stimulating change from opera-house productions, which often lean on 18th-century elegance instead of exploring the seamy underside and corruption of the demimonde that is at the heart of the piece.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

Scientists have discovered how to make people less selfish - at least temporarily - by stimulating two areas of their brain.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

In Chapter 12 we saw that cultural diffusion can involve either detailed “blueprints” or just vague ideas stimulating a reinvention of details.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond