You've been sitting on the couch for a while now; there is music playing in the background,and your cat has fallen asleep with his head on your arm.You are daydreaming about your upcoming vacation,and you don't notice or attend to the sound of the music or the pressure of your cat's very heavy head.What processes result in these two types of loss of feeling

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Sensory adaptation occurs when our sensory receptors become less responsive to a constant stimulus over time, leading to a decrease in our perceptual experience of that stimulus. In this scenario, the person has been sitting on the couch for a while, causing their sensory receptors to adapt and become less responsive to the pressure of the cat's head and the sound of the music.

You've Been Sitting on the Couch for a While Now;