A new paper examines the possible effects of two properties of receiver playing fields documented in studies of animal psychology -- habituation and neural adaptation -- on the efficacy of mate choice ...

Habituation is the most basic form of learning. Learning is defined as a change in behavior that results from an experience. In habituation, a response to a stimulus weakens when the stimulus is ...

Researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), and at Harvard Medical School have used mathematical modeling to show how individual cells appear capable of learning, a behavior once deemed ...

Habituation to repeatedly presented stimuli is a prerequisite to adapting to the environment and is, often, reduced in patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), which may account for social ...

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BIANNA GOLODRYGA, SENIOR GLOBAL AFFAIRS ANALYST: Well, now, Paul Simon’s music is a reminder of how important it is to not fall into old habits and to keep our lives fresh. That subject tackled in a ...