In two experiments, four practice sessions on a fine direction-discrimination task caused large stimulus-specific improvements in d′ but no significant stimulus-specific changes in either static or dynamic MAE duration at posttest relative to a pretest.
As was expected, this further analysis yielded no significant main effect of stimulus repetition (coeff. estimate = 0.03, Std. error = 0.05, z value = 0.74, p = 0.458).
"On policies, we expect overall monetary and fiscal policies to remain accommodative, though we see no need for significant stimulus".
A subsequent repeated measures ANOVA of relative high gamma/high frequency band power with factors Drug (ON/OFF L-DOPA) and Stimulus (V/AV) revealed no significant effects (Stimulus; F1,19 = 1.988, p = 0.175, Drug; F1,19 = 2.549, p = 0.127, Interaction between Stimulus and Drug: F1,19 = 0.259, p = 0.617).
He added: "At a time when growth is very low in the economy, and significant stimulus is required, the Chancellor has allocated next to no new resources and taken no major initiatives to support this effort.
Unemployment would rise above nine per cent unless a significant stimulus plan was passed.
In the United States, President-elect Barack Obama has promised to rapidly enact a significant stimulus package.
The government resorted to "significant stimulus" to fight the downturn, Mr. Singh said, and will "take appropriate action next year to wind this down".
Analyst Anthony Codling at Jefferies said: "Today's budget provided a significant stimulus to the UK housing market, both newbuild and the existing homes market.
Meana posits that it takes a greater jolt, a more significant stimulus, to switch on a woman's libido than a man's.
