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Auditory Habituation in Cats as a Function of Stimulus Intensity

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HABITUATION of the electrophysiological response in the cochlear nucleus (CN) to repetitive auditory stimuli has been reported by a number of workers1–3. Similar decrements were not obtained in a more recent study4. Marsh et al.5, while reporting a decrement in the CN response, have shown increased responses to repetitive stimulation in the inferior colliculus (IC) and the medial geniculate (MG).

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    C. W. DUNLOP & E. M. MCLACHLAN

  2. Department of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

    W. R. WEBSTER & R. H. DAY

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DUNLOP, C., MCLACHLAN, E., WEBSTER, W. et al. Auditory Habituation in Cats as a Function of Stimulus Intensity. Nature 203, 874–875 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/203874a0

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