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The general conclusions to be drawn from work on experimentally induced sensory deprivation appear to suggest that an environment offering little or no stimulus change is an aversive state, and, as such, would tend to result in behaviours that serve to avoid such a state (SCHULTZ, 1965).
A changing sensory environment seems essential for human beings. Without it the brain ceases to function in an adequate way and abnormalities of behaviour develop. HERON, 1957
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Williams, C., Surtees, P. (1975). Mannerisms, Mutilation and Management. In: Brengelmann, J.C., Quinn, J.T., Graham, P.J., Harbison, J.J.M., McAllister, H. (eds) Progress in Behaviour Therapy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66104-4_1
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