Habituation mechanisms and their impact on cognitive function

• Main Author: Susanne Schmid (auth)
• Other Authors: Donald A. Wilson (auth), Catharine Rankin (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; Sensorimotor gating; startle; learning and memory; habituation; spike adaptation; synaptic mechanism; animal model
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Habituation describes the progressive decrease of the amplitude or frequency of a motor response to repeated sensory stimulation that is not caused by sensory receptor adaptation or motor fatigue. Habituation can occur in different time scales: habituation within a testing session has been termed sh...