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Williams Is Attempting to Study Habituation by Varying the Number

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Williams is attempting to study habituation by varying the number of repetitions required to obtain habituation to a visual stimulus. This procedure is most directly studying which parametric feature of habituation?


Definitions:

Axon Terminal

The endpoint of a neuron where neurotransmitters are released to communicate with neighboring neurons, muscles, or glands.

Dendrite

Branching extension of a neuron’s cell membrane; greatly increases the cell’s surface area; collects information from other cells.

Synaptic Vesicles

Small organelles within neurons that store neurotransmitters, which are released into the synaptic cleft during synaptic transmission.

Neurotransmitters

Chemicals located and released in the brain to allow an impulse from one nerve cell to pass to another nerve cell.

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