Summarize the Manner in Which Sensory Energy Is Encoded in Patterns

question 20

Essay

Summarize the manner in which sensory energy is encoded in patterns of neural impulses, and explain how information about the strength, adaptation, and location of stimuli is extracted by the nervous system while filtering out extraneous information.

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Definitions:

Lower of Cost

An accounting principle requiring that inventory is recorded at the lower of its original cost or current market value.

Long-Term Debt

Borrowings and financial obligations that are due after a period greater than one year, used as a source of long-term financing.

Current Market Value

The present price at which an asset or a service can be bought or sold in the marketplace.

Net Realizable Value

Net Realizable Value is the estimated selling price of goods, minus the estimated costs of completion and the costs necessary to make the sale.