stimuluskohtainen

Stimuluskohtainen is a Finnish compound adjective used in scientific and academic contexts to describe phenomena, responses, or effects that are tied to a specific stimulus. The term combines stimulus, a loanword common in psychology and neuroscience, with kohtainen, meaning pertaining to or dependent on. In practice, stimuluskohtainen indicates that the observed outcome depends on the identity, properties, or timing of the particular stimulus rather than on general conditions.

In fields such as psychology, neuroscience, and sensory science, stimuluskohtainen processes are contrasted with more general or diffuse effects. For example, a stimuluskohtainen neural response would differ when a neuron is exposed to different stimuli, even under otherwise similar conditions. The concept is closely related to ideas like stimulus specificity or differential conditioning, where learning, perception, or adaptation operates preferentially for specific cues.

Related terms include ärsyke (stimulus) and sopeutuminen (adaptation), with stimuluskohtainen used to describe adaptations or responses that are selective for particular stimuli. The term is common in Finnish-language research articles and reviews dealing with sensory coding, perceptual discrimination, and stimulus-dependent learning. While it is most often encountered in scientific writing, understanding stimuluskohtainen helps clarify discussions about how organisms process, differentiate, and remember environmental cues.