Related Content

Related Overviews

reticular activating system

Yerkes–Dodson law

anxiety

inverted U hypothesis

See all related overviews in Oxford Reference »

 

More Like This

Show all results sharing these subjects:

  • Medicine and health
  • Clinical Medicine

GO

Show Summary Details

Overview

arousal


Quick Reference

1 The transition from the sleeping to the waking state.

2 An increase in the responsiveness of an animal to sensory stimuli.

Subjects: Medicine and health — Clinical Medicine

Related content in Oxford Reference

Reference entries
arousal
in A Dictionary of Ecology (4) Length: 23 words
arousal
in A Dictionary of Zoology (3) Length: 23 words
arousal
in Concise Medical Dictionary (8) Length: 70 words
arousal
in A Dictionary of Biology (6) Length: 56 words

View all reference entries »

View all related items in Oxford Reference »

Search for: 'arousal' in Oxford Reference »