Sensitization is a psychological phenomenon in which repeated exposure to a stimulus produces a progressive enhancement of a response that is not specific to the original stimulus. It has been studied using the reflexes of animals such as Aplysia, the sea slug, to better understand its underlying neural mechanisms, and research on the phenomenon spans effects such as drug sensitization and cross-sensitization, in which a response is enhanced across a whole class of stimuli rather than only the one repeated stimulus itself; sensitization has also been implicated in the pathology of various health disorders.
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Core ClaimSensitization is a psychological phenomenon whereby repeated exposure to a stimulus results in the progressive enhancement of a response that is not specific to the original stimulus. 1 Classification
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repeated exposure to a stimulus results in the progressive enhancement of a response that is not specific to the original stimulus
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Sensitization is a psychological phenomenon whereby repeated exposure to a stimulus results in the progressive enhancement of a response that is not specific to the original stimulus.
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