habituation
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habituation
- /həˌbɪt.juˈeɪ.ʃən/
- /həˌbɪt͡ʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/
- /həˌbɪt͡ʃ.ʊˈeɪ.ʃən/
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
From Middle English habituacioun, from Medieval Latin habituātio. By surface analysis, habituate + -ion.
noun habituations
- The act of habituating, or accustoming; the state of being habituated. Custome can give a Iurisdiction; neither is there any stronger law than it: The continued use then of any known sinne, be it never so small, gives (as Gersons phrase is) a strong habituation ; and, though it be a true rule, that habits do only incline, not compell; yet the inclination that is wrough
- The process of becoming accustomed to an internal or external stimulus, such as a noxious smell or loud noise. 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 recove
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noun act of habituating, or accustoming
| Español | habituación |
|---|---|
| Русский | привыка́ние privykánije, приобрете́ние привычки priobreténije privyčki, приспособле́ние prisposoblénije, адапта́ция adaptácija |
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title = {habituation},
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