Satiation may refer to: *

Satiety Satiety ( ) is a state or condition of fullness gratified beyond the point of satisfaction, the opposite of hunger. It is a state which induces meal termination.Hetherington, M.Sensory-specific satiety and its importance in meal termination ''Neuro ...

, feeling "full" and satisfied after eating; the cessation of hunger * Economic satiation, where increasing the amount of a good reduces the worth of each individual unit of it *

Predator satiation Predator satiation (less commonly called predator saturation) is an anti-predator adaptation in which prey briefly occur at high population densities, reducing the probability of an individual organism being eaten. When predators are flooded wit ...

, an anti-predator adaptation involving high population densities of the prey *

Semantic satiation Semantic satiation is a psychological phenomenon in which repetition causes a word or phrase to temporarily lose meaning for the listener, who then perceives the speech as repeated meaningless sounds. Extended inspection or analysis (staring at the ...

, where repetition of a word or phrase causes it to temporarily lose meaning * Satiation therapy, a type of

behavioral therapy Behaviour therapy or behavioural psychotherapy is a broad term referring to clinical psychotherapy that uses techniques derived from behaviourism and/or cognitive psychology. It looks at specific, learned behaviours and how the environment, or ot ...

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