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Across 2. Vision, like our other sensory sytems, acts as a data _____ system. This means that it selects & analyzes information, and then sends only the most important data to the brain. 3. _____ attention occurs when a person voluntarily focuses on specific sensory input. Examples include reading a book and thus blocking out all background noises, or even sitting amidst a group of people, but focusing on a conversation at the table next to you. 5. Smell & taste are both referred to as our _____ senses 6. Since our "smell" receptors adapt quickly, sensory adaptation is normally most rapid for the sense of _____ 7. Sensory _____ is the decrease in sensory response to an unchanging stimulus. Examples of this are water temperature so that you become "used" to the cold pool water, tightshoes, smelly odors, etc. 8. Our sence of smell is referred to as _____

Down 1. _____ blindness occurs when we don't see something "right in front of our faces" because our attention is so narrowly focused 4. Our sense of taste is referred to as _____