Habituation

Word HABITUATION
Character 11
Hyphenation ha bit u a tion
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Habituation"

What do we mean by habituation?

The process of habituating or the state of being habituated. noun

Physiological tolerance to a drug resulting from repeated use. noun

The decline in responsiveness to a stimulus due to repeated exposure. noun

The act of habituating, or the state of being habituated. noun

The act of habituating, or accustoming; the state of being habituated. noun

The act of habituating, or accustoming; the state of being habituated. noun

A general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions noun

Being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) noun

The act of habituating, or accustoming; the state of being habituated.

The process of becoming accustomed to an internal or external stimulus, such as a noxious smell or loud noise.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Habituation

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The word "habituation" in example sentences

For example, they wrote, "Will someone show long-term habituation to consecutive meals of cheese pizza, pepperoni pizza and mushroom pizza?" ❋ Unknown (2011)

Pedreira EM, Romano A, Hermitte G, Maldonado H (1998) Context-US association as a determinant of long-term habituation in the crab ❋ Emiliano Merlo Et Al. (2008)

But if the ad had been repeated, audiences would have grown inured to the threat, a psychological effect called habituation. ❋ Ken Kurson (2011)

This habit is called virtue, and the success of this habituation is also called virtue. ❋ Hal Duncan (2009)

That lack of response, called habituation, is primitive learning. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Tom found that spaced repetition converted the memory for short-term habituation and sensitization to longer-lasting memories. ❋ Unknown (2001)

They warn that in many places, messages are broadcast with such frequency that their actual meaning is blocked out by listeners, in a psychological phenomenon known as "habituation". ❋ Telegraph Staff (2011)

"There is an actual psychological theory called habituation, which states that when people are together almost every day and get used to that person, their presence no longer elicits a feel-good response." ❋ Unknown (2010)

If they are exposed to the vibrations every 30 seconds, however, they eventually get used to them and stop responding (it generally takes 10 to 12 stimulations), through a process called habituation - much as people living close to a railway track eventually stop noticing the sound of passing trains. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This process by which conscious though is relegated to subconscious processing is known as habituation and is important to GUI design for a number of reasons. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This process, called habituation, occurs in all animals - but how it happens in natural situations is still poorly understood, says Jan Hemmi of The Vision Centre and Australian National University (ANU), who conducted the study with Tobias Merkle. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This lessened response to a repeated stimulus is called habituation, a process that both humans and animals are known to experience. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Whatever the routine might be tied to, a time or a sequence of events, the pursuit of this "habituation" (as Aristotle or Aquinas might term it) can be most helpful, even critical, in successfully establishing and maintaining a particular discipline of prayer. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Is that an example of how lazy i can get, or of the kind of habituation you get online? ❋ Unknown (2006)

Nor can such a detail norm of conduct and habitual propensity come into bearing and hold its place, except by force of habituation which is at the same time consonant with the common run of habituation to which the given community is subject. ❋ Thorstein Veblen (1893)

This is a far more efficacious method than the supposed mithridatic "habituation" or "toleration" of a poison, with small doses of which you have to be gradually prepared. ❋ Unknown (1888)

Your family’s brains may have built up a tolerance—called habituation—to a chronic state of mild overarousal while watching TV. ❋ PhD Lucy Jo Palladino (2007)

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