Habituation and 1/f-noise

B.J. West and P. Grigolini

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2010, vol. 389, issue 24, 5706-5718

Abstract: Habituation is the reversible decrement in the behavior response to a novel and repeating stimulus without a corresponding change in the strength of the stimulus. Dishabituation is a complementary phenomenon in which a habituated process is revitalized by presenting a complex stimulus that is distinct from the original. Herein we propose a statistical habituation model (SHM); a phenomenological model based on a generalization of linear response theory and discrete events. The SHM suggests that the fundamental mechanism producing habituation in its myriad of forms, as well as the associated dishabituation, is the 1/f-noise that is generically produced in complex neuronal networks.

Keywords: Habituation; 1/f-noise; Renewal statistics; Critical events; Linear response theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2010.08.033

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