The fact that the great smell of baked goods is more powerful when you first enter a bakery than when you have been there for awhile is because of
a. sensory adaption.
b. the just noticeable difference.
c. Weber's law.
d. closure.
e. subliminal messaging.
a. sensory adaption.
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