Editing Stimulation (section)

==Overview==
Stimulation, in general, refers to how organisms perceive incoming stimuli. As such it is part of the [[stimulus-response model|stimulus-response]] mechanism. Simple organisms broadly react in three ways to stimulation: too little stimulation causes them to stagnate, too much to die from [[stress (medicine)|stress]] or inability to adapt, and a medium amount causes them to adapt and grow as they overcome it. Similar categories or effects are noted with psychological stress with people. Thus, stimulation may be described as how external events provoke a response by an individual in the attempt to [[coping mechanism|cope]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Booth |first1=DA |last2=Sharpe |first2=O |last3=Freeman |first3=RP |last4=Conner |first4=MT |title=Insight into sight, touch, taste and smell by multiple discriminations from norm |journal=Seeing and Perceiving |date=2011 |volume=24 |issue=5 |pages=485–511 |doi=10.1163/187847511X588773 |pmid=21902879}}</ref>