BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR
BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY
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Question
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Neurons go through a resting period in between each time it fires.
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Estimates of rate of firing in human neocortex Based on the energy budget of the brain, it appears that the average cortical neuron fires around 0.16 times per second. It seems unlikely that the average cortical neuron spikes much more than once per second. The neocortex is a large part of the brain.
Detailed explanation-2: -An action potential occurs when a neuron sends information down an axon, away from the cell body. Neuroscientists use other words, such as a “spike” or an “impulse” for the action potential. The action potential is an explosion of electrical activity that is created by a depolarizing current.
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