Habituator
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who habituates, or becomes used to a stimulus.
"The baby in the top panel looks a lot at the stimulus at first and then rapidly and consistently declines in looking to habituate; this baby exemplifies a rapid habituator who shows a linear, or exponential, decrease in looking."
- 2 A device that produces noise, used as an implant to treat tinnitus.
Example
More examples"The baby in the top panel looks a lot at the stimulus at first and then rapidly and consistently declines in looking to habituate; this baby exemplifies a rapid habituator who shows a linear, or exponential, decrease in looking."
Etymology
From habituate + -or.
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