Phrase Hound found 8 phrases and 18 compound words that contain stimulus. The most common are listed below. Open stimulus in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 8
- poverty of the stimulusThe idea that human language cannot be learned by young children with what information they are given, unless they already have an innate knowledge of language or universal grammar.
- external stimulusA signal (stimulus) that originates from outside an organism.
- noxious stimulusA stimulus strong enough to threaten the body's integrity.
- discriminative stimulusA stimulus, associated with reinforcement or punishment, that exerts control over a particular form of behavior; the subject discriminates between closely related stimuli and elicits a specific behavior more frequently or less frequently …
- stimulus deltaA stimulus that does not reinforce an existing behavior in a subject and causes the subject to employ a new behavior.
- stimulus-response timeThe amount of time required for an organism to react to an external stimulus, often without conscious thought.
- stimulus-response timesplural of stimulus-response time: The amount of time required for an organism to react to an external stimulus, often without conscious thought.
- stimulus deltasplural of stimulus delta: A stimulus that does not reinforce an existing behavior in a subject and causes the subject to employ a new behavior.
Compound words 18
- tristimulusA set of three stimuli, especially the red, green and blue components of colour vision.
- mechanostimulusA mechanical stimulus.
- peristimulusAround the time of a stimulus, when neurons fire.
- chemostimulusA chemical stimulus
- contrastimulusSynonym of counterstimulus: Any stimulus that causes counterstimulation
- costimulusAny of two or more stimuli that operate together
- counterstimulusAny stimulus that causes counterstimulation
- extrastimulusA premature stimulus delivered during an extrasystole in order to terminate it
- gravistimulusA stimulus produced by gravistimulation
- hyperstimulusAny very large stimulus