Causes of physiological responses (7)

I believe the answer is:

stimuli

(Other definitions for stimuli that I've seen before include "Things that cause a response" , "Jogs" , "Things provoking reactions" , "Incentives to action" , "they provoked reaction" .)

I've seen this clue in the USA Today.

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