Sunday, June 22, 2014

How the Brain Learns to Ignore Familiar Stimuli Explained

A new explanation for the fundamental process of 'habituation' has been proposed by a neuroscientist from Trinity College Dublin. This mechanism has never been completely understood by neuroscientists. Typically, our response to a stimulus is reduced over time if we are repeatedly exposed to it. This process of habituation enables organisms to identify and selectively ignore irrelevant, familiar objects and events that they encounter again and again. Habituation ...

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