Neural adaptation
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title:
Neural adaptation
text:
Neural adaptation or sensory adaptation is a gradual decrease over time in the responsiveness of the sensory system to a constant stimulus. It is usually experienced as a change in the stimulus. For example, if a hand is rested on a table, the table's surface is immediately felt against the skin. Subsequently, however, the sensation of the table surface against the skin gradually diminishes until it is virtually unnoticeable. The sensory neurons that initially respond are no longer stimulated to
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Phenomenon of the nervous system
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neural_adaptation
date created:
2005-07-26T21:27:51Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T14:03:39Z
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