Psychologists call this habituation, economists call it declining marginal utility, and the rest of us call it marriage. — Daniel Gilbert Copy Share Image
“As Daniel Gilbert says, “time and variety are two ways to avoid habituation, and if you have one, then you don’t need… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is exceedingly improbable that the identical action of the corresponding parts of the two retina is the result of a certain… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“With so much unknown in this life, how little it takes for a face, a grove of trees, an outcropping of stone… — Larry Watson Copy Share Image
It is the curse of humanity that it learns to tolerate even the most horrible situations by habituation. — Rudolf Virchow Copy Share Image
Habituation is indeed a fact of human psychology. That's one reason we like novelty, including different cuts of jeans. — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
That short-sleeping that we're now suffering is a consequence of our lifestyle. It's not a consequence of evolutionary habituation. — Matthew Walker Copy Share Image
“when we get the thing we wanted, the game is over. On top of this, something psychologists call habituation begins to set… — David DiSalvo Copy Share Image
When we have an experience -- hearing a particular sonata, making love with a particular person, watching the sun set from a… — Daniel Gilbert Copy Share Image
It is the curse of humanity that it learns to tolerate even the most horrible situations by habituation, that it forgets the… — Rudolf Virchow Copy Share Image
“the pairing of opposite physical sensations, emotions, and so on harmonizes the opposite hemispheres of the brain and helps in balancing our… — Julie T. Lusk Copy Share Image
“Excellence is an art won by training and habituation: we do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
“Someone who is under constant stress “forgets” that he or she is tense due to habituation and no longer notices it consciously,… — Julie T. Lusk Copy Share Image
“The brain is only interested in changes in information. That's why people don't really hear the noise of the air conditioner unless… — Sandra K. Ciccarelli Copy Share Image
