The ____ Bone Looks Like a Butterfly and Acts as an Anchor

question 12

Multiple Choice

The ____ bone looks like a butterfly and acts as an anchor binding all of the cranial bones together.​

• A) ​frontal
• B) ​sphenoid
• C) ​occipital
• D) ​temporal

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Definitions:

Cocktail-Party Effect

The ability to focus one's auditory attention on a particular stimulus while filtering out a range of other stimuli.

Sound Shadow

An area where sound waves are obstructed or diminished, often created by obstacles that prevent sound from reaching a listener directly.

Volley Principle

A theory in neuroscience suggesting that groups of neurons can produce a higher frequency of action potentials if they fire in sequence rather than singly.

Signal-Detection Theory

A theory that explores how decisions are made under conditions of uncertainty, typically in the context of detecting weak or ambiguous signals amidst noise.