habituation

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Habituation -- adaptation's less-glamorous sibling -- involves the lessening response to a stimulus after repeated exposure.

From Science Daily • Nov. 19, 2024

Habituation and sensitization are types of so-called nonassociative learning, as they don’t require connections between two different stimulus types in order to generate a response.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 22, 2023

Habituation to cold is the reason the same temperature can feel really cold in the fall and blissfully warm in the late winter.

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2020

Habituation is when you stop really seeing someone/thing because you see them all the time, ie taking someone for granted, which leads to hating their guts.

From The Guardian • Apr. 16, 2016

Habituation takes time, particularly such habituation as can be counted on to derange the habitual bent of a great population in respect of their dearest preconceptions.

From An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation by Veblen, Thorstein