1. Adaptation of Touch receptors: use a penny, with theexaminee’s eyes closed, place it on their forearm, start timing andrecord when the examinee no longer feels the penny. Add a secondpenny to another location, repeat the timed test. For the thirdportion stack the 3 more pennies at the first location, and timethe examinee until they no longer feel the pennies.
a. Why is the adaptation of the touch receptors particularlyimportant while we wear clothes? If the answer is not immediatelyapparent, consider the opposite phenomenon: what would happen, interms of sensory input, if these receptors did not exhibitadaptation?
b. Are these fast or slow adapting receptors, and identify thereceptor?
