If You Lose Your Sensitivity to the Sound of the Waves

question 24

Multiple Choice

If you lose your sensitivity to the sound of the waves but still notice a seagull flying above you,what is happening?

• A) sensory adaptation in sight involving thermoreceptors
• B) sensory adaptation in sight and hearing involving mechanoreceptors
• C) competition between processing of hearing and sight involving light receptors
• D) sensory adaptation in hearing involving mechanoreceptors
• E) general sensory diminution involving mechanoreceptors and thermoreceptors

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