My Personal Journey Through Habituation and Cognitive Psychology

Embracing learning and parenthood

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Life can be noisy, especially when juggling the role of a single mother and a student. When I first resumed my studies in 2019, with my little son playing nearby and the TV humming in the background, I found the noise almost unbearable. But then, something changed. This transformation, I came to realize, was habituation — a decreased response to a stimulus after repeated exposure.

Slowly, the distracting hum of the TV became nothing more than white noise, fading into the background until it barely registered in my conscious mind. This change allowed me to focus on what truly mattered: my studies and my son.

But habituation did more than just turn down the volume of life’s background noise. It taught me how to trim away non-essential stimuli, helping me concentrate on tasks that required my full attention. Yet, I also learned that habituation is a fickle process, influenced by numerous factors such as the duration of exposure, and the intensity and frequency of the stimulus.

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