stimuli

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Gallio and his team found that a key sensory protein involved in detecting harmful stimuli is much less responsive in snow flies than in other insects.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

The ultralow rates, along with other government stimuli and zero-commission trades, kindled a new generation’s interest in the markets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

She had tried traditional therapy, as well as interventions like eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy, where a patient is asked to recall traumatic events while experiencing auditory, visual, or tactile stimuli.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2025

Infected sea urchins became less active, moved in unusual ways, failed to respond to external stimuli, and eventually lost their flesh and spines before dying.

From Science Daily • Dec. 12, 2025

It was the lack of alternative stimuli that led me back to “Song of Myself,” the only certain gift I had from her.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green