Convergence Describes

question 174

Multiple Choice

Convergence describes

• A) the reason why receptive fields are so small.
• B) how one primary sensory receptor neurons synapses with a secondary neuron.
• C) how multiple primary sensory neurons synapse on a single secondary neuron.
• D) how receptive fields can overlap with one another.

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Definitions:

Working Memory

The part of short-term memory that is concerned with immediate conscious perceptual and linguistic processing.

Monitor

A device or individual that observes, checks, and keeps a continuous record of a process or situation.

Sensory Memory

The shortest-term element of memory, it allows the ability to retain impressions of sensory information after the original stimuli have ended.

Limited-Capacity

The concept that there is an upper limit on the amount of information or number of tasks that an individual can process or perform at one time.