external stimuli
Sensory input sources
External stimuli are signals or changes originating outside an organism that provoke a response.
Light, sound, temperature, touch, and smell are common examples.
The term appears frequently in biology and psychology to distinguish environmental inputs from internal states like hunger or emotion: The experiment measured how subjects responded to external stimuli.
Singular: external stimulus.
Visual perception faculty
- soundAudible wave phenomenon
- smellOlfactory perception
- tasteFlavor perception ability
- touchPerceiving through physical contact
light · noise · aroma · texture · vibration · temperature · pressure · pain
Answer to stimulus
- reflexInvoluntary stimulus response
- startleFrighten suddenly
- flinchInvoluntary retreat from threat
- recoilBackward force from discharge
fight-or-flight · arousal · alarm · orienting · habituation · sensitization · adaptation · conditioning
Commitment to wed or attend
- exposureState of being unprotected
- encounterUnexpected meeting or confrontation
- contactCommunication or physical touch
- influencePower to affect others
impact · provocation · elicitation · activation · arousal · prompting · inducement · evocation
Area around something
- ambientOf the surroundings
- contextCircumstances shaping meaning
- settingContext of events
- conditionsPrevailing state of affairs
atmosphere · milieu · climate · noise pollution · sensory overload · urban · nature · artificial
sight
Visual perception faculty
touch · light · noise · aroma · texture · vibration · temperature · pressure · pain · brightness
response
Answer to stimulus
recoil · fight-or-flight · arousal · alarm · orienting · habituation · sensitization · adaptation · conditioning · instinct
engagement
Commitment to wed or attend
- exposureState of being unprotected
- encounterUnexpected meeting or confrontation
- contactCommunication or physical touch
influence · impact · provocation · elicitation · activation · arousal · prompting · inducement · evocation · bombardment
surroundings
Area around something
conditions · atmosphere · milieu · climate · noise pollution · sensory overload · urban · nature · artificial · digital
detect
Notice or discover
recognize · discern · notice · register · process · interpret · filter · attend · focus · awareness
external stimuliinner experience
Subjective mental life
mental imagery · inner dialogue · imagination · memory · mental states
external, exterior, extrinsic, externalize, stimuli, externalized, externalization, externality, externalizes