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stimulus
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stimulus noun activator, animator, arouser, calcar, catalyst, catalytic agent, cause, drive, encouragement, fillip, goad, impetus, impulse, incentive, incitement, inducement, influence, mooivating force, motive, needle, prod, provocation, push, reason, shock, spur, stimulant, stimulation, stimulative, stimulator, sting, urge, whet
See also: cause, impetus, incentive, inducement, instigation, motive, origination, provocation, reason
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The hallmark of IEED is episodes of crying or laughing that are unrelated to or out of proportion with the eliciting stimulus.
IEED: uncertainty reigns in diagnosis and treatment by Wachter, Kerri / Clinical Psychiatry News
Cessation of the original or eliciting stimulus, which results in the complete reduction in the a process, creates a potential for affective change because the b process does not immediately return to baseline levels; thus, an affective state emerges.
Affect responses to acute bouts of aerobic exercise: a test of ... by Lochbaum, Marc R.; Karoly, Paul; Landers, Daniel M. / Journal of Sport Behavior
Yet, in the case of dreaming, the eliciting stimulus is not present.
A BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS OF DREAMING by DIXON, MARK R.; HAYES, LINDA J. / The Psychological Record
 
 
 
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