An Action Potential Has Just Sped Down One of Your

question 33

Multiple Choice

An action potential has just sped down one of your efferent neurons to jerk your hand off the hot stove.Before an action potential will speed through this neuron again,the membrane of the neuron must become repolarized.The time between the action potentials is called the ____ period.

• A) refractory
• B) polarization
• C) self-propagating
• D) repolarization

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Definitions:

Atkinson And Shiffrin

Atkinson and Shiffrin developed the multi-store model of memory, which proposes that memory consists of three stores: a sensory register, short-term memory, and long-term memory.

Sensory Memory

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

Fleeting

Something that happens very quickly or lasts only a short time.

Encoded

Transformed into a coded form, often for the purpose of confidentiality, storage efficiency, or preparation for processing.