APA Dictionary of Psychology
recovery time
- the time required for a neural unit (e.g., a neuron or muscle cell) to recover from a response before it is capable of responding again. See refractory period.
- the time required for a physiological process to return to a baseline state after it has been altered by the response to a stimulus. An example is the refractory phase of the sexual-response cycle.
Updated on 04/19/2018
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