Ye-jun is participating in a study in which he is presented with different unpleasant odours that he has to identify.Unfortunately,most of the odours are presented above his absolute threshold.What does this mean?
A) Ye-jun can smell most of the odours
B) Ye-jun can only smell the strongest odours
C) Ye-jun can't tell the difference between any of the odours
D) Ye-jun didn't notice most of the odours

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The absolute threshold refers to the minimum intensity at which a stimulus can be detected. If most of the odours are presented above Ye-jun's absolute threshold, it means he can detect or smell most of them.

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