You touch a vibrating object with your left hand and the tip of a knife with your right. How does your body's processing of these two objects differ?
A. Different types of touch receptors in the skin are responding to each stimulus.
B. Touch receptors in the skin are firing at different rates for the two objects.
C. Information about different kinds of touch stimuli are sent to different parts of the brain.
D. Information about different types of touch stimuli are sent to different parts of the spinal cord.
Answer: A
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