PSYC 335 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Interthalamic Adhesion, Basilar Membrane, Basal Ganglia

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A drug that interferes with the storage of monoamines in synaptic vesicles: blocks reaction in vesicles. Stronger stimuli activate a greater number of receptors. Individual receptor and sensory system differ in their sensory thresholds simultanagnosia inability to perceive more than one object at a time. An ion channel that opens or closes according to the value of the membrane potential. extra personal space and putting parts of a scene together for a visual whole. The moment that the eyes make to maintain an image of a moving object on the fovea massa intermedia connect two lobes of thalamus; left/right communication (bridge) Action potential: the brief electrical impulses that provide the basis for conduction of information along an axon. In hearing, the theory that the rate of nerve impulses traveling up the auditory nerve matches the frequency of a tone, thus enabling us to sense its pitch. Different sound waves trigger activity at different places along the cochlea"s basilar membrane.

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