What's an Orienting Response?

The orienting response, also called orienting reflex, is an organism's immediate response to a change in its environment, when that change is not sudden enough to elicit the startle reflex.

What is an example of a orienting response?

Dishabituation occurs when attention is redirected to the stimulus after there has been a change in the nature of the stimulus. For example, you may orient to the sound of the clothes dryer when it is first turned on. Very soon, you habituate, and you are no longer aware of the sound.

What does the orienting system do?

The brain pathway that orients visual attention to a stimulus is referred to as the orienting system. The frontal eye field is involved in goal-driven eye movements and can inhibit stimulus driven eye movements. ...

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