Dr. Laboy's research on human hearing shows that if a person listens to a tone of 1,000 cycles per second (hertz), the acoustic nerve produces 1,000 action potentials per second. Dr. Laboy's results support the idea of ____.?
a. ?topographical representation
b. ?convergence
c. ?the volley theory
d. ?the place theory
ANSWER:
c
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