As you walk into an elevator, you notice the powerful scent of perfume left behind by someone who has just exited. By the time you reach your floor, you find that you hardly notice the smell anymore. What phenomenon is at work?
a) sensory adaptation
b) transduction
c) absolute threshold
d) Weber’s law
Ans: a) sensory adaptation
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