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The Sensory Stimuli, Such as Sound Waves, We Receive from the Environment

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The sensory stimuli, such as sound waves, we receive from the environment has to be converted into _____ signals in order to be transmitted to our brain.


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Kitty Genovese

A woman whose 1964 murder in New York City became a symbol of urban apathy, leading to research on the "bystander effect."

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