Multiple Choice
If you determined an auditory nerve fiber's frequency-tuning curve, you'd be finding out the
A) number of different nerve fibers that respond to any given tone.
B) maximum sound intensity that still produces a noticeable increase in the fiber's firing rate for different frequencies.
C) minimum intensity needed to produce an increase in the fiber's firing rate for different frequencies.
D) range of frequencies over which a person can hear sound.
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