As he stimulated different areas of the brain, his patients reported feeling touch sensations in specific parts of their bodies.
As much as he must be stimulated by playing with these remarkable junior colleagues, his uneasiness comes through as well.
Rather than complain of the cold, or put on a jumper, he had a habit of drowning his food in salt, as he said this stimulated the body's temperature-regulating mechanisms.
That's the question facing President George W. Bush George W. Bush, as he moves to stimulate a sagging U.S. economy that has been gripped by fear in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Hlynur Hallsson arrived this summer in Marfa, Tex., with plans, as he put it, to stimulate discussion.
In his proposed budget for 2010, Chu wanted $480 million to start eight Energy Innovation Hubs, or "Bell Lablets," as he called them, to stimulate research in areas ranging from solar energy to new materials for the electric grid.
"Look at that car!" Mentally, he is exactly as stimulated as he would be by footage of a rough, British gang-bang: he just doesn't realise it.
Mr. Obama said that as he looks for ways to stimulate the economy in the short term, he will concentrate on measures that can also have beneficial longer-term effects.
He used marijuana as a coping mechanism during his early recovery, as a way to quell his depression, anxiety, and stress, as well as stimulate an appetite that he had long ago lost.
