At the last home football game,Joel started a taunting chant that slowly spread to more and more fans.Eventually,all those in the stadium picked up the chant and made a roar so deafening,the opposition had to call a timeout.What Joel and fellow fans performed is analogous to the process of ___ at axon hillocks.
A)temporal summation
B)spatial summation
C)spatial integration
D)temporal integration

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Spatial summation refers to the process in which multiple synaptic inputs are added up simultaneously at the axon hillock to reach the threshold for action potential generation. Similarly, in the scenario described, Joel started a chant that was picked up by more and more fans, leading to an increase in the intensity of the chant until it reached a level that caused the opposition to call a timeout. This is analogous to how multiple inputs (fans joining the chant) were added up at the axon hillock (the stadium) to generate an action potential (the deafening roar). Therefore, the best choice is spatial summation.

At the Last Home Football Game,Joel Started a Taunting Chant