When more sensory neurons are tuned to a particular feature of a stimulus, the organism will:
A) become sensitized to the stimulus more quickly.
B) habituate to the stimulus more quickly.
C) take longer to learn about the stimulus.
D) be better able to make fine distinctions related to the stimulus.

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When more sensory neurons are tuned to a particular feature of a stimulus, the organism has a greater capacity to detect subtle differences in that stimulus, leading to better discrimination and fine distinctions related to it.

When More Sensory Neurons Are Tuned to a Particular Feature