Stimuli Quotes

56 quotes by 52 authors

We are what we are, because of the vibrations of thought which we pick up and register, through the stimuli of our daily environment. — Napoleon Hill
After the birth of printing books became widespread. Hence everyone throughout Europe devoted himself to the study of literature... Every year, especially since 1563, the… — Johannes Kepler
The very same brain centers that interpret and feel physical pain also become activated during experiences of emotional rejection. In brain scans, they light up… — Gabor Mate
In the dog two conditions were found to produce pathological disturbances by functional interference, namely, an unusually acute clashing of the excitatory and inhibitory processes,… — Ivan Pavlov
No matter how advanced society becomes, institutionally or technologically, a house in which nature can be sensed represents for me the ideal environment in which… — Tadao Ando
Problem-solving typically involves the construction of discriminative stimuli — B.F. Skinner
It is amazing to observe how many psychologists and psychiatrists have accepted this sort of propaganda, and have come to believe that homosexual males and… — Alfred Kinsey
Stimuli, however, do not act upon an indifferent organism. — Jerome Bruner
In the perception of the incongruous stimuli, the recognition process is temporarily thwarted and exhibits characteristics which are generally not observable in the recognition of… — Jerome Bruner
It's no use telling us that something was 'mysterious' or 'loathsome' or 'awe-inspiring' or 'voluptuous.' By direct description, by metaphor and simile, by secretly evoking… — C.S. Lewis
A baby who cannot relax can be helped to do so by a variety of constant rhythmical stimuli. it will work if the trouble is… — Penelope Leach
The psychological basis of the metropolitan type of individuality consists in the intensification of nervous stimulation which results from the swift and uninterrupted change of… — Georg Simmel
Man is largely a creature of habit, and many of his activities are more or less automatic reflexes from the stimuli of his environment. — G. Stanley Hall
The writer gleans wind scraps; he listens wherever he can. Each day is full of instances;Â what counts, as with all stimuli, is the sympathetic… — Nicholas Delbanco
The water was like a physiological stimuli to the subconscious that overwhelmed people with too much psychoanalytical material, you might say. People could do 10… — Leonard Orr
Sensorial perception, for example, certainly occurs with greater or less accuracy according to the degree of interest; it is constantly given other directions by the… — Hermann Ebbinghaus
It was over in a blink of an eye, that moment when aviation stirred the modern imagination. Aviation was transformed from recklessness to routine in… — George Will
Remember the last show you saw that got a standing ovation? Now try to think of one that had the audience on its feet at… — Jan Perry
Normal consciousness is a state of stupor, in which the sensibility to the wholly real and responsiveness to the stimuli of the spirit are reduced.… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
Woven through Timothy J. Clarkâ€™s paintings are unique combinations of visual and emotional stimuli.His sense of space, light and composition combine to create graphic tensions… — Will Barnet

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