To what extent does the nervous system maintain separate representations of touch, heat, pain, and other aspects

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To what extent does the nervous system maintain separate representations of touch, heat, pain, and other aspects of somatic sensation?

a. Not at all. A single kind of receptor responds to all kinds of somatic sensation.

b. The receptors vary, but all kinds of sensation merge in the spinal cord.

c. The spinal cord maintains separate representations, but the various types merge in the cerebral cortex.

d. Different types of sensation remain separate even in the cerebral cortex.

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Biological Psychology

ISBN: 9781305105409

12th Edition

Authors: James W. Kalat

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