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walking into the kitchen while your dad is cooking breakfast, you immediately notice the smell of fresh pancakes and syrup. what is the name of the process through which physical stimuli, such as the odor of pancakes, are converted into neural signals that are sent to the brain?
select one:
a. the mere exposure effect
b. transduction
c. accommodation
d. sensory adaptation

Explanation:

• The mere exposure effect refers to increased liking for a stimulus due to repeated exposure, not signal conversion.
• Transduction is the process where sensory receptors convert physical stimuli (like odor molecules) into neural signals for the brain.
• Accommodation is the eye's adjustment to focus on objects, unrelated to this sensory conversion.
• Sensory adaptation is the reduction in sensitivity to a constant stimulus, not the initial conversion of stimuli to neural signals.

Answer:

b. transduction