Look up: habituation

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   habituation
   [n] - a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions
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   Habituation
   The gradual acclimatisation or familiarisation with a phenomenon or set of circumstances to the point at which it goes unnoticed.
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   Habituation
   The process by which an organism ceases to respond to some recurring or familiar stimulus. See also: Psychoacoustics.
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   Habituation
   is a learning process in which a subject decreases his/her behavioural response to a repetitive stimulus
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   habituation
   decline in response of an organism to environmental or other stimuli with repeated or maintained exposure Category: Medicine • The mechanisms and processes by which living organisms and society become increasingly accustomed and less sensitive to changes and certain harms Category: Management in the public and private sector
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   Habituation
   Ha·bit`u·a'tion (-ā'shŭn) noun [ Confer French habituation .] The act of habituating, or accustoming; the state of being habituated.
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   habituation
   1. <physiology> The tendency of some neurons to require either a stronger nerve signal or a longer recharge period before it can fire again, if it has been triggered recently. ... 2. <psychology> The disappearance of responsiveness to accustomed stimulation. It does not include drug habituation. ... (03 Jul 1999) ...
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   habituation
   noun a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions
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   Habituation
   In psychology, `habituation` is an example of non-associative learning in which there is a progressive diminution of behavioral response probability with repetition of a stimulus. It is another form of integration. An animal first responds to a stimulus, but if it is neither rewarding nor harmful the animal reduces subsequent responses. One example of this can be seen in small song birds - if a stuffed owl (or similar predator) is put into the ca...
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    habituation
    (hә-bich″u-a´shәn) the gradual adaptation to a stimulus or to the environment. the extinction of a conditioned reflex by repetition of the conditioned stimulus. older term denoting sometimes tolerance and other times a psychological dependence resulting from the repeated consumpti...
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    Habituation
    • (n.) The act of habituating, or accustoming; the state of being habituated.
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    habituation
    the waning of an animal`s behavioral response to a stimulus, as a result of a lack of reinforcement during continual exposure to the stimulus. It is ... [8 related articles]
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