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According to the colonists, what did the American Board of Customs Commissioners do?

Understand the concept of umami as a fifth taste and its sources.
Recognize the role of specific receptors and sensory neurons in touch, pain, and proprioception.
Understand the mechanisms of pain perception and the role of neurotransmitters in pain modulation.
Comprehend the concept of phantom limb pain and its underlying mechanisms.

Definitions:

Place Coding

The perception of higher-pitched sounds that is a result of the location on the basilar membrane where hair cells are stimulated by sound waves of varying higher frequencies.

Temporal

Related to time, either as a dimension in which events occur or pertaining to the temporal bones near the temples on the sides of the skull.

Frequency

In physics, the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit of time, often measured in Hertz (Hz).

Olfactory Epithelium

A specialized epithelial tissue inside the nasal cavity involved in smell, where odorant molecules bind to receptor neurons, initiating the sense of smell.

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