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Which of the following is NOT an example of sensory adaptation?

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Which of the following is NOT an example of sensory adaptation?

Which of the following is NOT an example of sensory adaptation?
a. a loss of the sense of pressure of clothes against the skin
b. adjustment to repeated jumping into a body of cold water
c. response to lack of oxygen at high altitudes
d. eventual loss of awareness of a constant noise
e. the loss of the ability to smell a person's perfume or cologne after being in that person's
presence for some time

Question 2

Which of the following statements is false?
a. Neurons in the brain can interpret incoming action potentials only in certain ways.
b. Optic nerve impulses can only be interpreted as light.
c. Some sensory receptors do not convert a stimulus to nerve impulses.
d. The stronger the stimulus, the more action potentials are generated.
e. A strong stimulus activates many adjacent receptors, thereby increasing the number of
action potentials and the level of awareness for the stimulus.

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Human Biology

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amierivera

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Answer to q. 1

C

Answer to q. 2

C

Stevend95 Author

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Thanks for your help!!! Correct all the way through

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