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Low-pitched sounds are detected by the use of ________ by the cochlea.
 
  a. place coding
  b. rate coding
  c. phase coding
  d. tonotopic codes
  e. phase shifts

Question 2

Axons of the ______________ inform the brain of the loudness of a stimulus by altering their rate of firing of action potentials.
 
  a. geniculate nerve
  b. auditory nerve
  c. cochlear nerve
  d. trochlear nerve
  e. trigeminal nerve



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: b. rate coding

Answer to Question 2

Answer: c. cochlear nerve



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