Habituation in Cubaris murina: preliminary results.

Habituation is a widespread phenomenon among animal species, occurring from the simplest living beings, such as protozoa, to human beings. The most accepted definition of habituation is established as: the reduction of response to repetitive and irrelevant environmental stimuli over time, an adaptive process that allows animals to direct their attention to novel and relevant stimuli for survival. Another way to view habituation is the improvement in the performance of habitual tasks. There are few studies on habituation in non-mammalian animals. An example is the studies with woodlice, ranging from habituation to the texture and type of substrate, to studies on horizontal and vertical exploration.