They found out that when a reward is received after a stimulus is presented, activity in dopamine neurons conditions the organism to expect a reward the next time the same stimulus is presented (Suri, 1999). If an animal is repeatedly exposed to a certain cue stimulus followed by a reward, it will learn to use the stimulus as a method of predicting the arrival of a reward. ... Later in training, this burst occurs at the time of the cue stimulus rather than at the time the reward is received. ...

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By definition from the website, Mixed Signals, which was created by synesthetes for synesthetes, synesthesia " refers to the fact that in some animals, a stimulus in one sense modality involuntarily elicits a sensation or experience in another sense modality." (Emerson, 2002) This means that a synesthete can experience one stimulus with two different senses simultaneously. ... " (Emerson, 2002) Synesthesia has also been referred to as an "everyday Fantasia," referring to the 1940 Disney Movie where orchestral music is accompanied by whimsical and surreal scenes of anim...

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The point to be remembered is that wars are initiated in the mind and man is an aggressive animal by nature. ... The triggering action of the environment is known as Stimulus and its response by organism is called Reflex. One must take into account what stimulus does on an organism before and afterwards. ...

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