The Time Following an Action Potential During Which a Membrane

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The time following an action potential during which a membrane cannot respond to another stimulus, regardless of its strength, is called the relative refractory period.

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Definitions:

Demand Characteristics

Demand characteristics refer to subtle cues or signals in an experiment that communicate to the participants how they are expected to behave.

Placebo Group

In drug research, a group given an inert substance to assess the psychological effect of receiving a treatment.

Experimenter Expectancy Effect

The influence that the researcher's expectations can have on the outcome of a study, potentially biasing the results.

Floor Effect

Failure of a measure to detect a difference because it was too difficult.