​A Brief Visual Stimulus Elicits Only a Brief Experience,but a Brief

question 178

Multiple Choice

​A brief visual stimulus elicits only a brief experience,but a brief taste stimulus provides a sensation that lasts longer.Why?

• A)Taste stimulates areas that are closer to the center of the brain.
• B)​Taste stimulates release of hormones that circulate slowly through the system.
• C)​Taste stimulates axons with very slow conduction times.
• D)​Taste stimulates synapses with slower, longer effects.

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Ethylamine

An organic compound with the formula CH3CH2NH2, a colorless gas with an ammonia-like odor, used in chemical synthesis.

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