Meaning of Habituation | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of habituating, or accustoming; the state of being habituated.
   countable, uncountable
2. The process of becoming accustomed to an internal or external stimulus, such as a noxious smell or loud noise.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“Cultivating it on a regular basis improves our attitude towards writing and makes us more resilient. But in order⟳ to make⟳ it work⟳ we have⟳ to 'unadapt' to the habituation that familiarity can bring⟳, […]”

“Habituation and dishabituation allow⟳ for experience-dependent tuning of these reflexes and the mechanisms underlying these forms of behavioral plasticity involve⟳ changes in transmitter release⟳ from the sensory to motor neuron synapses through homosynaptic depression and the serotonin-mediated recovery from depression, respectively.”

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