Author Question: After Debbie's car accident, as the doctor asked her if it hurt here or if it hurt when he pressed ... (Read 72 times)

penguins · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

After Debbie's car accident, as the doctor asked her if it hurt here or if it hurt when he pressed this hard.

Debbie understood why she could tell the differences in amount of pressure the doctor used; her sensory neurons coded the different pressures via:
A) Different magnitude action potentials
B) Differences in threshold
C) Different neurotransmitters
D) Different rates of firing in neurons

Question 2

Which of the following explains a neuron's means of encoding various intensities of stimuli?

A) Passive conduction
B) Decremental conduction
C) All-or-none law
D) Rate law