Give an Overview of the Movement of Action Potentials Down

question 65

Essay

Give an overview of the movement of action potentials down the axon and explain why they move in one direction only.

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Definitions:

Subliminal Stimuli

Signals below the threshold of conscious perception designed to influence thoughts, feelings, or actions.

Top-down Processing

A cognitive process that starts with the analysis of high-level information before proceeding to more detailed data.

Weber's Law

A principle in psychology stating that the just-noticeable difference in a stimulus is proportional to the magnitude of the initial stimulus.

Amplitude

The height or strength of a wave signal, which in many contexts, reflects the intensity of a phenomenon like sound, light, or electrical signal.