Meaning & use
dishabituation
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The recovery of a response that had faded through repeated exposure, triggered by a new or changed stimulus.
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Researchers used dishabituation to test whether infants could tell two similar sounds apart.
The sudden loud noise caused dishabituation, making the subject react again after tuning out the earlier stimulus.
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A technical term from psychology and neuroscience, usually discussed alongside its opposite process, 'habituation.'
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