A report of research on physiological psychology contains a description of a substance that can influence communication among neurons and can act some distance from where the substance was released. What is the topic of this report?
a. axons
b. humors
c. neuromodulators
d. neurotransmitters
Answer: c.
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a. dependent variable b. independent variable c. control group d. experimental group
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