A Stimulus That Is Too Weak to Depolarize the Membrane

question 260

True/False

A stimulus that is too weak to depolarize the membrane to threshold produces an action potential smaller than normal.

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Encoding

The set of mental operations that people perform on sensory information to convert that information into a form that is usable in the brain’s storage systems.

Retrieval

The act of retrieving and making conscious previously stored memory information.

Encoding

The process of converting information into a form that can be stored in memory.

Neural Messages

Electrical and chemical signals that are transmitted by neurons to send information throughout the nervous system.