Responding selectively to an extended edge-either a bright line on a dark background, or the reverse-highlights objects that are near or very large.

In the gustatory system, different neurons may respond selectively to different components of food: sweet, sour, salty, and bitter.

It is important to note that while certain areas respond selectively to faces, facial processing involves many neural networks.

The right inferior temporal/fusiform gyrus responds selectively to faces but not to non-faces.

Ratcliff attempted to alleviate this problem by adding 'response nodes' that would selectively respond to old and new inputs.

America West responded only selectively to American's discounts, having announced its own last weekend, while Southwest Airlines largely ignored them.

Synapses with an intermediate probability of release act as band-pass filters that selectively respond to a specific range of frequencies.

Like us, each creature responds selectively to cues from its environment, only tuning into those which are important to it.

Consistent with this, very young babies recognize and selectively respond to social stimuli such as the voice, face and scent of their mother.

I don't believe we should begin down the slippery slope of letting oath-takers selectively respond truthfully, depending on their own take on the issue.