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selective adaptation  

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  • In perception, adaptation refers to the adjustment of sensitivity of sensory mechanisms in response to particular sensory inputs. For example, after putting on a wrist watch, the feeling of the watch touching the skin will soon be gone, a manifestation of sensory adaptation. [Source: Encyclopedia of Perception; Selective Adaptation]

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