Sensory+Adaptation

toc = Definition: = The process in which sensory receptors grow accustomed to constant, unchanging levels of stimuli over time. Chapter 3, pp. 73

= Examples: = When you are in your house, after a while you don't notice the hum of the air conditioner. However, this reaction is not likely to occur in the presence of a very strong stimulus like the smell of ammonia, an earsplitting sound, or the taste of rancid food (p. 73).

= Analogies: = Sensory adaptation is to stimuli as getting used to is to cold water in a pool.

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