"compelling stimulus" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to refer to something that causes a strong response or reaction from someone. Example: The advertisement was a compelling stimulus, as it managed to capture the attention of the audience and increase sales for the company. In this sentence, "compelling stimulus" is used to describe the effectiveness of the advertisement in provoking a reaction from the audience.
It is not surprising that test has emerged as one of the most compelling anxiety-evoking stimuli, and thus has turned into a serious problem (Sarason, 1980; Spielberger & Vagg, 1995).
Induced vection was particularly compelling with wide-field stimuli.
And it makes a compelling case for more government stimulus, as unpopular as that idea may be in Washington.
Note that for some members (read Paul Fisher and David Miles), "the case for further monetary stimulus remained as compelling as in July" and they just wanted to gauge the impact of forward guidance before reconsidering a resumption of QE.
Some money for stimulus also makes compelling sense, given weak economic growth, as does extension of unemployment benefits (we should, of course, be spending much more than a pittance on stimulus, but that's a political impossibility currently).
Attentional influences on late stages of stimulus processing are compelling as one can voluntarily and consciously ignore a stimulus after it has been identified [18].
Third, green debt makes the case for coordination of fiscal stimuli even more compelling.
Its motivation derives, however, from ever-growing social, political, economic, and scientific needs; with such strong background, it is hoped that the workshop stimulus will be strong, compelling, and fruitful.
Consequently, maintaining relative amplitude across formants precisely as Gordon (1997) had done permitted the cleanest comparison of outcomes between his study and this one, and there was no compelling reason to deviate from his stimulus settings.
LTP is the sustained increase in synaptic strength obtained after a high-frequency conditioning stimulus and is a compelling model for the synaptic mechanism underlying some forms of learning and memory (Malenka and Nicoll 1999).
