habituation

Example Sentences

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"It's not exactly clear what the optimal duration, number, and frequency of treatments are, because of the possibility of the development of habituation and tolerance in repeated usage of tens."

From BBC

“I don’t blame people for habituation,” said Dr. Jonathan Metzl, a professor of psychiatry at Vanderbilt University.

From Los Angeles Times

Most of these cats were "random-bred," meaning they were semi-domesticated, lying "somewhere between 'habituation' and 'commercial breeds and pets,'" the authors wrote.

From Salon

Exposure therapy is fairly intuitive; each session is akin to the habituation that comes after jumping into a cold pool.

From New York Times

The frog uses the fact of habituation to distinguish the parts of the environment that are live, that are moving.

From New York Times