During his adventures around the galaxy, Arthur Dent relies on an earpiece that deciphers all the strange alien languages he hears. Similarly, receptors in the ear encode sound waves into neural activity that the brain can understand, a process called ____.
a. transduction
b. synthesis
c. transcription
d. accommodation
Question 2
Imagine that humans can taste a new sensation, called highlight, that allows the person to taste the brightness of the food they are eating. Everyone would need a new type of ____ cell to taste this new sensation.
a. neural receptor
b. ganglion
c. bipolar
d. interneuron