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Lability

  1. Medical context: Lability is a characteristic representing the ability of a system (for example, the nervous system or the cardiovascular system) to rapidly change its functional parameters in response to external or internal influences.

  2. Psychophysiological context: In differential psychophysiology, lability refers to a property of the nervous system to respond quickly to stimulation or to change its states, as expressed in the speed of onset and cessation of nervous processes.

  3. Educational context (regarding the lability of skills during learning): Skill lability is a characteristic representing the tendency of learning skills or knowledge to change or be forgotten when there is insufficient practice or updating of information. Skill lability can lead to loss of abilities if they are not maintained and developed.