dishabituation

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English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ habituation.

Noun

dishabituation (countable and uncountable, plural dishabituations)

  1. A way of responding to old stimuli as if they were new.[1]
    • 2015 August 29, “Decline in the Recovery from Synaptic Depression in Heavier Aplysia Results from Decreased Serotonin-Induced Novel PKC Activation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      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 recovery from depression, respectively.
  2. Process of reaching a dishabituated state.

References

  1. ^ Boyd, D & Bee, H (2006). Lifespan Development 4th ed. London: Pearson