You Have Just Prepared a Bath for Yourself and as You

Multiple Choice

You have just prepared a bath for yourself and as you are getting in, the water feels very hot, almost too hot. However, you continue to ease yourself into the tub and pretty soon, even though it has remained the same temperature, the water no longer feels so hot. The characteristic of sensory neurons that is responsible for this phenomenon is known as

A) sensory adaptation
B) the refractory period
C) sensory threshold
D) signal detection