Intensity of sensory stimuli are encoded by
A) population of neurons firing and their frequency of firing
B) connectivity of sensory neurons in the spinal cord
C) connectivity of sensory fibers in the cerebrum
D) size of the action potentials
E) the receptive field of sensory neurons

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The intensity of sensory stimuli is encoded by the number of neurons firing (population coding) and the frequency at which they fire (rate coding).

Intensity of Sensory Stimuli Are Encoded by