title: Simulation of the filtering role of habituation to stimuli.
abstract: In the context of a medium-term study designed to integrate the simulation of different types and processes of learning-such as classical, operant, and some cognitive types--one must start with other more elementary ones that are facilitators of the more complex types and processes. Of special interest is habituation, owing to the filtering out of irrelevant stimuli, which means that the simulated agent does not have to respond to them. This paper presents two difference functions constructed to computationally simulate the characteristics that define habituation. The behavior of these functions is described, as are differences arising from stimulus intensity and interstimulus intervals. Results are compared with existing empirical data.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicología de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Lola
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Alonso
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vázquez
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Santacreu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001288:Attention; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006185:Habituation, Psychophysiologic; D007858:Learning; D008432:Mathematical Computing; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012684:Sensory Thresholds