counteradaptation

adaptation that counters a change to an organism's environment

Repeated AOD exposure also can lead to adaptations in the reward circuitry that oppose and neutralize a drug's effects (i.e., counteradaptation).

Counteradaptation postulates that the initial positive rewarding feelings are followed by the opposing development of tolerance.

adaptation that counters a change to an organism's environment

Thus the plant's allomonic adaptation has been exactly reversed by this insect's counteradaptation.

As time goes on, the invading species may become increasingly specialized, and some of its populations eliminated by counteradaptation and changing habitat conditions.

adaptation that counters a change to an organism's environment

Several investigators haye found little or no adaptation to size, and the phenonmenon of counteradaptation has been offered as an alternative to the explanation that adaptation to a purely visual phenomenon (such as size) occurs through a different process than does adaptation to hand-eye coordination (as adaptation to distance is often measured).

Evidence for counteradaptation has been found in several studies; subjects who adapt to, say size, show relatively more distortion of distance, and vice versa (Ross and Lennie 1972; Franklin et al. 1970; Luria et al. 1973).