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Habituation is a reduction in a previously-displayed response when no reward or punishment follows.
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habituation
[L. habitus, condition]
A simple kind of learning involving a loss of sensitivity to unimportant stimuli, allowing an animal to conserve time and energy.
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habituation The relatively persistent waning of a response that results from repeated presentations not followed by any form of reinforcement.
hadal zone The bottom below 6,000 m (20,000 ft).
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habituation
a simple kind of learning involving loss of sensitivity to unimportant stimuli, allowing an animal to conserve time and energy.
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The proprioceptive sense can become confused because humans will adapt to a continuously-present stimulus; this is called habituation or desensitization.
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At nonassociative synapses, such as those involved in habituation and sensitization, persistent stimulation of the synapse triggers an influx of calcium into the postsynaptic cell.
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