Habituation means that we become less reactive to stimuli, as you might to traffic noise outside your window. Sensitization means that our reaction is stronger, as happens when, for instance ...

After an introduction to basic molecular and cellular terms, the author describes several cellular models of learning and memory, including habituation, sensitization and classical conditioning in ...

Repeated ferret odor exposure induces different temporal patterns of same-stressor habituation and novel-stressor sensitization in both HPA-axis activity and forebrain c-fos expression in the rat.