You Catch a Whiff of Freshly Popped Popcorn as You

question 64

Multiple Choice

You catch a whiff of freshly popped popcorn as you enter the movie theater. The process by which the odor of popcorn is converted into neural signals that your brain can interpret as the smell of popcorn is called:

• A)sensory adaptation.
• B)proprioception
• C)transduction.
• D)accommodation.

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