When You First Put Your Hat on You Can Feel

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Multiple Choice

When you first put your hat on you can feel it quite easily, but after a while you forget that you are wearing a hat at all-the sensation is gone. What happened?

• A) Sensory fatigue
• B) Subliminal perception
• C) Sensory adaptation
• D) Perceptual defence

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Definitions:

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A peptide hormone produced by the pituitary gland that stimulates growth, cell reproduction, and cell regeneration in humans and other animals.

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