How Can the Nervous System Represent Increases in the Intensity

question 10

Multiple Choice

How can the nervous system represent increases in the intensity of a stimulus?

• A) By increasing the number of neurons firing and the frequency of firing in each neuron.
• B) Only by an increase in the number of neurons being fired.
• C) Only by an increase in the frequency of firing in each neuron.
• D) Only by an increase in the size of the action potential in each neuron that fires.

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