title: Comparator theories of habituation: a reply.
abstract: Studies of habituation have provided little evidence that requires the postulation of a comparator theory. The most problematic data for the alternative, dual-process theory, are those from studies of stimulus omission. But although consistent with some versions of comparator theory, the best documented cases may be open to a configural explanation and do not support the most fully worked out version of such a theory, that proposed by Wagner.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, U.K.
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Mackintosh
mesh_terms: D001143:Arousal; D001288:Attention; D006185:Habituation, Psychophysiologic; D006801:Humans; D011582:Psychological Theory