Cognitive and Constructivist Theories. In pushing back against Watson’s deterministic overreach, higher education often implicitly discounted the critical role of stimuli in shaping behavior.

R. Bruce W. Anderson, On the Comparability of Meaningful Stimuli in Cross-Cultural Research, Sociometry, Vol. 30, No. 2 (Jun., 1967), pp. 124-136 Link account to institutional access Save and organize ...

Philip L. Gunter, R. Kenton Denny, Susan L. Jack, Richard E. Shores, C. Michael Nelson, Aversive Stimuli in Academic Interactions Between Students with Serious ...

A person's sensitivity to external stimuli depends not only on the state of their nervous system, but also on their cardiac cycle. Usually we do not notice our heartbeat, paying attention to it ...

The human brain can learn through experience to filter out disturbing and distracting stimuli – such as a glaring roadside billboard or a flashing banner on the internet. Scientists at Leipzig ...