Which is an example of sensory adaptation? Group of answer choices   identifying when a dim light has been turned on in a pitch-black room differentiating between a greenish-blue and a bluish-green paint   feeling the softness of a shirt when you put it on but not noticing it by lunchtime   understanding that the car you're in is moving, not the houses that you're passing

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Which is an example of sensory adaptation?
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identifying when a dim light has been turned on in a pitch-black room
differentiating between a greenish-blue and a bluish-green paint
 
feeling the softness of a shirt when you put it on but not noticing it by lunchtime
 
understanding that the car you're in is moving, not the houses that you're passing
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The sensation is the process of collecting information from the environment through various sense organs. Whereas perception is the process of giving meaning to sensation.

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