A5.16

Habituation and cue wear-out

Cards in this group · 5

  1. A5.16.1Repeated stimuli with unchanging consequences progressively weaken the response they trigger
  2. A5.16.2Habituation is a central process distinct from sensory adaptation, operating at the level of processing stimulus meaning
  3. A5.16.3Recovering a response to an already-habituated stimulus requires the stimulus itself to change, not just repeat
  4. A5.16.4Long-standing, rarely updated prompts get wholesale ignored — banner blindness
  5. A5.16.5Preventing habituation requires restraining notification frequency rather than relying on stronger visual stimuli