You enter a fish market and smell a strong fishy odor. However, the odor quickly fades away. What feature of sensory reception have you experienced?

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This phenomenon is known as sensory adaptation, where sensory receptors become less responsive to constant stimuli, leading to a decreased perception of the stimuli over time. In this case, your olfactory receptors adapt to the constant fishy odor, making it less noticeable the longer you are exposed to it.

You Enter a Fish Market and Smell a Strong Fishy