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Sensation

Everything on this site about sensation — each one naming the study behind it.

Your senses shut down to save energy over time.
Sensory adaptation occurs when your receptors decrease their response to constant, unchanging stimulation.…
Small changes are invisible against large existing quantities.
Weber’s Law states that the just-noticeable difference in a stimulus is proportional to its intensity.…
People who feel warm coffee view strangers as friendlier.
A 2008 study by Williams and Bargh suggested that holding a hot beverage increases the perception of a stranger's warm…