Central adaptation refers to
A) a change in motor receptivity of a neuron.
B) increases in conscious perception of a sensory stimulus.
C) inhibition of nuclei located along a sensory pathway.
D) a characteristic of phasic receptors.
E) the decline in activity of peripheral receptors when stimulated.

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Central adaptation involves the inhibition of sensory pathways in the central nervous system, reducing the perception of a stimulus without changing the stimulus itself.

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