Penguins okay with human visitors?for now
...first seeing people is stressful for the penguins,
habituation is rapid. The authors monitored the defensive head turns and the level of a hormone secreted in response to stress (plasma corticosterone) of penguins when encountering humans. "Head turns of penguins visited for 10 days were significantly lower th...
Ebola-outbreak kills 5000 gorillas
...tourism investment. For example, Bermejo’s gorilla
habituation program at Lossi was set up in the mid-1990’s in collaboration with the European Union’s Ecosystem Forestiere d’Afrique Centrale (ECOFAC) project to bring ecotourism revenue to local people. Ebola not only wiped out the habituated gorillas at Lossi, ...
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Proprioception
...o a continuously-present stimulus; this is called
habituation or desensitization . The effect is that it seems as though proprioceptive sensory impressions disappear, just as a scent seems to disappear when a person smells it for a prolonged period of time. One practical advantage of this is that unnoticed ...
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Habituation
...nishment follows. Full article >>>
habituation [L. habitus, condition] A simple kind of learning... time and energy. Full article >>>
habituation The relatively persistent waning of a response that results from repeated presentations not followe...
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Tinnitus: a problem which is still ambiguous
...any ways to manage tinnitus through sound therapy,
habituation therapy (this changes your sound response systems so that you gradually become less aware of the tinnitus), relaxation and hearing aids if a hearing loss is present. Jan's tinnitus is a symptom of Meniere's disease which is an unexplained condition...
Ebola-Outbreak Kills 5000 Gorillas
...tourism investment. For example, Bermejo’s gorilla
habituation program at Lossi was set up in the mid-1990’s in collaboration with the European Union’s Ecosystem Forestiere d’Afrique Centrale (ECOFAC) project to bring ecotourism revenue to local people. Ebola not only wiped out the habituated gorillas at Lossi, ...
Clinical Factors of Tinnitus Influence Perceived Loudness and Annoyance
...nce onset. The authors believe it is possible that
habituation and acceptance of tinnitus increase over time, which is likely to lead to reduced annoyance. “Although it has been shown that personal distress due to tinnitus is to some degree dependent on primarily psychological factors such as cognitive apprais...
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