Janet touches a stove that is warm; Pierce touches a stove that is hot. Based on what is known about action potentials you could predict that, for these two individuals, the action potentials:
a. in Pierce's nervous system will travel more quickly because the incoming signal is more intense
b. in Janet's nervous system will be weaker because the incoming signal is less intense
c. will be the same due to the all-or-none principal
d. in Pierce's nervous system will travel a shorter distance because the incoming signal is more intense
C
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