In the Congo Basin, habituating gorillas to the presence of humans helps the species survive, creates local job opportunities ...

Habituation of a neural response to repeated exposure to sensory stimuli is a well-documented phenomenon (Siddle, 1991; Sokolov, 1963; Thompson and Spencer, 1966), particularly during emotional ...

A new paper examines the possible effects of two properties of receiver playing fields documented in studies of animal psychology -- habituation and neural adaptation -- on the efficacy of mate choice ...

Habituation is the most basic form of learning. Learning is defined as a change in behavior that results from an experience. In habituation, a response to a stimulus weakens when the stimulus is ...

I watched a really interesting TED talk by Tony Fadell, originator of the iPod, the other day. In it he was talking about a process called habituation and how it helps us learn i.e. when we learn new ...

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