Temporal summation refers to the fact that:

A. EPSPs generated by synapses on different dendrites will add linearly
B. EPSPs generated by synapses on the same dendrite will add linearly
C. two EPSPs generated at slightly different times will produce a larger overall response
D. two EPSPs generated at the same time will shunt each other


ANS: C

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