After gazing at an angry face,you immediately turn to look at a morphed blend of an angry and a scared face.The face appears scared to you.This best illustrates the impact of
A) Weber's law.
B) sensory adaptation.
C) subliminal sensation.
D) prosopagnosia.

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This scenario is an example of sensory adaptation, where our sensory receptors become less responsive to a constant stimulus (in this case, an angry face). This means that when we turn to look at a new stimulus (the morphed blend of an angry and scared face), our brain may not fully process the angry expression because of the previous exposure, resulting in perceiving it as scared.

After Gazing at an Angry Face,you Immediately Turn to Look