However, knowledge can cut both ways: By better understanding the underlying biological mechanisms of these stimuli, research into oxytocin could be even more useful for protecting consumers from the manipulative strategies of marketing departments.
One mathematician who found the presence of Dirichlet a stimulus to research was Bernhard Riemann, and his few short contributions to mathematics were among the most influential of the century.
From work in typology in the second half of the 20th century, it emerged that certain logically unconnected features tend to occur together, so the presence of feature A in a given language will tend to imply the presence of feature B. The discovery of unexpected implications of this kind calls for an explanation and gives a stimulus to research in many branches of linguistics.
But what is refreshing is that Lustgarten opens up new dramatic territory: a play can act as a stimulus to research, and this one had me searching the internet for information about what has happened in Zimbabwe since the recent elections.
"The challenge to overcome barriers can be a stimulus for research; it stimulates innovative thinking," says Shakespeare.
Academics tend to choose what problems to tackle, whereas in industry the stimulus for research usually comes from practical needs.
Rapamycin provided the stimulus for research on the complex and pivotal mTOR pathway that transmits signals through which it controls a range of vital biological processes.
The distinctive collection of rare books also provided a stimulus to research, and the journal, English Literary History (ELH), was begun in 1934 as a project of the Tudor and Stuart Club.
With a big helping hand from last year's $787 billion stimulus package, research agencies under the committee's jurisdiction have received billions more to advance the programs spelled out in the COMPETES Act.
By using ITW as a stimulus for research, reports, and classroom debates, I think students can learn to engage in responsible citizenly discussions about how science, religion, and society are properly related in and through our contentious democratic forms of public discourse.
