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kramer
3 years ago
11

A stimulus is applied to the back of your hand, which results in the activation of two sensory neurons. the stimulus is applied

a second time but this time it activates five sensory receptors because this new stimulus is stronger. the recruitment of sensory neurons is known as __________.
Biology
1 answer:
Leno4ka [110]3 years ago
8 0

The recruitment of sensory neurons is known as population coding. Population coding is a method used to represent stimuli by applying the joint activities of a number of neurons. Each sensory neuron has a distribution of responses above some set of inputs, and the responses of many neurons may be added to ascertain some value about the inputs.






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