4. Habituation
Other examples
Spontaneous recovery
Frequency/rate of stimulus
presentation
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5. Sensitization
Increasing response
intensity
Arousal is the key
Noise examples
Dark alley
Romance (listen up men!)
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6. What habituation isn’t
Sensory adaptation
Overload
Fatigue
Works at the
interneuron location
Not at sensory
Not at motor
Response specific
Orienting
response
decreases
Kabul Traffic
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