Multiple Choice
As you sit and answer this question, you are receiving less and less information about the feeling of the seat on which you are sitting. This is due to the process underlying your sensory receptors response to the stimuli called
A) phasic response.
B) tonic response.
C) sensory reduction.
D) adaptation.
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