summation of stimuli

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• summation — summational, adj. /seuh may sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of summing. 2. the result of this; an aggregate or total. 3. a review or recapitulation of previously stated facts or statements, often with a final conclusion or conclusions drawn… …   Universalium

• summation — The aggregation of a number of similar neural impulses or stimuli. [Mediev. L. summatio, fr. summo, pp. atus, to sum up, fr. L. summa, sum] s. of stimuli cumulative muscular or neural effects produced by the frequent repetition of stimuli. * * *… …   Medical dictionary

• summation — noun Date: 1760 1. the act or process of forming a sum ; addition 2. sum, total 3. cumulative action or effect; especially the process by which a sequence of stimuli that are individually inadequate to produce a response are cumulatively able to… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• summation — sum•ma•tion [[t]səˈmeɪ ʃən[/t]] n. 1) the act or process of summing 2) an aggregate or total 3) a review or recapitulation of previously stated facts or statements, often with final conclusions drawn from them 4) law the final arguments of… …   From formal English to slang

• temporal summation — n sensory summation that involves the addition of single stimuli over a short period of time …   Medical dictionary

• temporal summation — noun Date: 1950 sensory summation that involves the addition of single stimuli over a short period of time …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• temporal summation — noun : sensory summation that involves the addition of single stimuli over a short period of time …   Useful english dictionary

• central summation — the condition in which successive subliminal stimuli accumulate in a reflex center until they finally produce a reflex discharge …   Medical dictionary

• eye, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction  specialized sense organ capable of receiving visual images, which are then carried to the brain. Anatomy of the visual apparatus Structures auxiliary to the eye The orbit       The eye is protected from mechanical injury… …   Universalium

• Dendrite — Dendritic redirects here. For the dendritic cell of the immune system, see Dendritic cell. For other uses of dendrite , see dendrite (disambiguation). Structure of a typical neuron Dendrite …   Wikipedia

• Absolute threshold of hearing — The absolute threshold of hearing (ATH) is the minimum sound level of a pure tone that an average ear with normal hearing can hear with no other sound present. The absolute threshold relates to the sound that can just be heard by the… …   Wikipedia