Question

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 __________.

Answer 1

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.