Questions tagged [stimulation]

For practical or methodological questions about implementing specific stimuli.

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Minimum constant neuron firing rate

Please forgive what may be an elementary question for many of you. I am trying to understand the range of firing rates in an idealized neuron. I understand what governs the maximum firing rate of a ...
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Reducing pareidolia?

Going in the opposite direction and artificially increasing Pareidolia (the tendency for perception to impose a meaningful interpretation on a nebulous stimulus, usually visual, so that one sees an ...
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gamma correcting a sinusoidal grating [psychophysics]

I am developing a stimulation setting wherre I present a sinusoidal grating to a subject. Because of the monitor gamma expansion by a factor of 2.2, I need to gamma compress my sinusoidal grating by a ...
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Which waveform for photic stimulation should be used to generate SSVEP in a narrow band around desired frequency

I am trying to build my own flickering light stimulation device. The light source will be a COB Red LED cluster (~627nm) (like one of these) with brightness controlled using Pulse Width Modulation ...
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Can CNS neurons be stimulated with focused audio?

I know that neurons can be stimulated mechanically (like in the 'funny bone') and I'm wondering if neurons in the brain could be stimulated similarly, for example via focused ultrasound.
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What Classical Conditioning says about multiple or multimodal stimuli?

I would like to know if classical conditioning somehow predicts/approaches scenarios where multiple or multimodal stimuli associate with a response. I do not have much knowledge on the topic, but it ...
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