Dishabituation vs. Habituation — What's the Difference?

Dishabituation (or dehabituation) is a form of recovered or restored behavioral response wherein the reaction towards a known stimulus is enhanced, as opposed to habituation. Initially, it was proposed as an explanation to increased response for a habituated behavior by introducing an external stimulus; however, upon further analysis, some have suggested that a proper analysis of dishabituation should be taken into consideration only when the response is increased by implying the original stimulus.Based on studies conducted over habituation's dual-process theory which attributed towards dishabituation, it is also determined that the latter was independent of any behavioral sensitization.An example of dishabituation is the response of a receptionist in a scenario where a delivery truck arrives at 9:00AM every morning.

Habituation is a form of non-associative learning in which an innate (non-reinforced) response to a stimulus decreases after repeated or prolonged presentations of that stimulus. Responses that habituate include those that involve the intact organism (e.g., full-body startle response) or those that involve only components of the organism (e.g., habituation of neurotransmitter release from in vitro Aplysia sensory neurons).

A way of responding to old stimuli as if they were new.

The process of habituating or the state of being habituated.

Process of reaching a dishabituated state.

Physiological tolerance to a drug resulting from repeated use.

(Psychology) The decline in responsiveness to a stimulus due to repeated exposure.

The act of habituating, or accustoming; the state of being habituated.

(psychology) The process of becoming accustomed to an internal or external stimulus, such as a noxious smell or loud noise.

The act of habituating, or accustoming; the state of being habituated.

Being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)

A general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions