Effects of Stimulus Duration and Intensity on the Rate and Specificity of Behavioural Habituation
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- 1 February 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
- Vol. 25 (1) , 96-103
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14640747308400326
Abstract
Tone stimuli were presented to rats once per day until habituation was reached. Neither the duration nor the intensity of the stimulus affected the rate of habituation. Habituation was specific to both these stimulus parameters as shown by the distraction produced by either an increase or a decrease in the original stimulus value. It is suggested that some of the discrepancies in the literature might be resolved if a distinction is drawn between habituation of orienting responses and the decrement of more specific responses.Keywords
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