Incentives to action (7)
I believe the answer is:
stimuli
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">incentives to action</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for stimuli that I've seen before include "Incentives, spurs" , "Things that provoke reactions" , "Jogs" , "Things that produce a response" , "Rousing influences" .)