Rankin et al. (2009)

Habituation revisited: An updated and revised description of the behavioral characteristics of habituation

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 92(2), 135-138

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Abstract

The most commonly cited descriptions of the behavioral characteristics of habituation come from two papers published almost 40 years ago (Thompson and Spencer, 1966; Groves and Thompson, 1970). In August 2007, the authors of this review, who study habituation in a wide range of species and paradigms, met to discuss their work on habituation and to revisit and refine the characteristics of habituation. This review offers a re-evaluation of the characteristics of habituation in light of these discussions. We made substantial changes to only a few of the characteristics, usually to add new information and expand upon the description rather than to substantially alter the original point.

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Rankin, C. H., Abrams, T., Barry, R. J., Bhatnagar, S., Clayton, D. F., Colombo, J., Coppola, G., Geyer, M. A., Glanzman, D. L., Marsland, S., McSweeney, F. K., Wilson, D. A., Wu, C.-F., & Thompson, R. F. (2009). Habituation revisited: An updated and revised description of the behavioral characteristics of habituation. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 92(2), 135–138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2008.09.012

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Definition

Habituation is a drop in a behavioral response caused by repeated stimulation that is not due to sensory adaptation, sensory fatigue, or motor fatigue; a revised consensus lists ten defining characteristics, adding long-term habituation to the original nine
Measured in AI

No study located gives an AI system the habituation paradigm psychologists use, which checks a response decrement against the defining hallmarks (stimulus specificity, spontaneous recovery, dishabituation); nothing was found for training, the current conversation, or saved memory (stored notes an assistant can look up later), so existing work measures related effects under other names or in only one of these places