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As an extension of our recent experiments on transfer of morphine tolerance1, we tried to explore the possibility of a similar transfer of the tolerance which develops to repeated physical stimuli. Such tolerance, called habituation, is defined as the loss of an innate response to a stimulus repeated without reinforcement2. It is considered to be one of the most elementary forms of learning.
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UNGAR, G., OCEGUERA-NAVARRO, C. Transfer of Habituation by Material extracted from Brain. Nature 207, 301–302 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/207301a0
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