The adaption of an individual when the individual first sit down to read in a coffee shop, the surroundings seem very loud. Yet after a few minutes reading you realize you hardly notice the noise at all. Introduction: Sensory receptors are sensitive against the stimulus they are receiving from the environment. Sensory receptors respond to the change in stimulus, but if the stimulus is present in the surrounding at a constant rate they generate the adaption in responsiveness according to stimulus.

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To describe: The adaption of an individual when the individual first sit down to read in a coffee shop, the surroundings seem very loud. Yet after a few minutes reading you realize you hardly notice the noise at all.

Introduction: Sensory receptors are sensitive against the stimulus they are receiving from the environment. Sensory receptors respond to the change in stimulus, but if the stimulus is present in the surrounding at a constant rate they generate the adaption in responsiveness according to stimulus.

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