You catch a whiff of freshly popped popcorn as you enter the movie theater. The process by which the odor of popcorn is converted into neural signals that your brain can interpret as the smell of popcorn is called:
A)sensory adaptation.
B)proprioception
C)transduction.
D)accommodation.

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The process described in the question is transduction, which is the conversion of physical stimuli from our environment into neural signals that our brain can interpret. In this case, the physical stimulus is the odor of popcorn, and the neural signals allow us to interpret it as the smell of popcorn. Sensory adaptation refers to the decrease in sensitivity to a constant or unchanging stimulus over time, proprioception is the sense of the orientation and movement of one's own body, and accommodation refers to the ability of the eyes to adjust focus for different distances.

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