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sensory gating

sensory gating noun: the process by which the brain adjusts its response to stimuli.

Noun

sensory gating (uncountable)

  1. The process by which the brain adjusts its response to stimuli.

Questions about sensory gating

What does sensory gating mean?
Sensory gating means the process by which the brain adjusts its response to stimuli.
What part of speech is sensory gating?
Sensory gating is a noun.

Words near sensory gating in the dictionary

  1. sensory deprivation
  2. sensory detox
  3. sensory detoxing
  4. sensory garden
  5. sensory gardens
  6. sensory gating
  7. sensory hypersensitivity
  8. sensory memory
  9. sensory neuron
  10. sensory neurons
  11. sensory overload

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