Herlinda drinks hot coffee. Although the pain is so great that her reflex is to spit out the coffee, she does not do so. The reflex to spit out the coffee is inhibited by the release of an inhibitory neurotransmitter by the _____.

A. sensory neurons
B. interneurons
C. motor neurons
D. glial cells


Answer: B

Psychology

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