You can smell the fragrance of your deodorant when you just put it on, but after a little while the smell fades. What explains this phenomenon?

A. The tonic nature of olfaction
B. The phasic nature of olfaction
C. The fast adaptation of the primary olfactory cortex to the smell of your deodorant
D. The sensory projection of olfaction
E. The projection pathway of olfaction


Answer: B

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