Imagine that you place your left hand in cool water (10°C) andyour right hand in warm water (40°C) for ten minutes. After a fewminutes, you stop noticing that your hands are at differenttemperatures. Explain this phenomenon, using your knowledge ofsensory neuron function. After ten minutes, both your hands areimmersed in water at 50°C – and you scream in pain! Thistemperature now seems scalding hot to your left hand, but not yourright hand. Why?
