When your toes touch something, you feel the sensation 1/20 of a second later. Why?
a. The receptors in the toes are slow to react to a stimulus
b. Any action potential takes time to reach the brain.
c. You cannot feel something until your nervous system synthesizes neurotransmitters.
d. You were probably thinking about something else.
b
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