The process by which unchanging information from the senses of taste, touch, smell, and vision is "ignored" by the sensory receptor cells themselves is called __________
A) transformation.
B) sensory adaptation.
C) transmutation.
D) transduction.

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Sensory adaptation is the process by which sensory receptor cells become less responsive to unchanging information from the senses of taste, touch, smell, and vision. This allows the brain to focus on detecting new or changing stimuli. Transformation, transmutation, and transduction refer to different processes in the conversion of sensory information.

The Process by Which Unchanging Information from the Senses of Taste