What is the primary difference between temporal summation and spatial summation?
a. Only spatial summation can produce an action potential
b. Spatial summation depends on contributions from more than one sensory neuron.
c. Temporal summation produces a hyperpolarization instead of a depolarization.
d. Spatial summation alters the response of more than one postsynaptic cell.
b
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Frequency (or telephone) theory proposed that:
a. Individual neurons in the auditory nerve fired at the same frequency as the rate of the sound source b. Individual neurons in the auditory nerve fired at the same intensity as the intensity of the sound source c. Individual neurons in the auditory nerve fired at a rate that was proportional to the intensity of the sound source d. Individual neurons in the dorsal path fired at the same frequency as the rate of the neurons in the ventral pathway