In Piriform Cortex, Different Odorants Are Coded

question 7

Multiple Choice

In piriform cortex, different odorants are coded:

• A) By one or two neurons
• B) By a distributed pattern of activity
• C) By a local region of neurons
• D) None of these

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Definitions:

Freud

Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

Oral Stage

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Oedipus Complex

A psychoanalytic theory proposed by Freud, suggesting an unconscious desire of a child, particularly a male, to possess the parent of the opposite sex and the exclusion of the same-sex parent.

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