When you first put your hat on you can feel it quite easily, but after a while you forget that you are wearing a hat at all-the sensation is gone. What happened?

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Sensory adaptation is the process by which our sensory receptors become less sensitive to constant stimuli. In the case of wearing a hat, after a while the sensation of the hat on our head becomes constant and our sensory receptors adapt, resulting in the sensation fading away.

When You First Put Your Hat on You Can Feel