Habituation

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-005067",
  "term": "Habituation",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "A behavioral change in which an organism's response to a repeated, non-threatening stimulus diminishes over time. This form of non-associative learning allows an animal to ignore irrelevant sensory information and focus on new or more meaningful signals. Unlike sensory adaptation, which involves a change in the sensory receptors themselves, habituation is a change in the central nervous system's processing of the stimulus.",
  "subject": "Chemistry and Human Health",
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2015, 87, 841. 'IUPAC Glossary of terms used in neurotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2015)' on page 871 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-0103)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/habituation/"
}