Inspector Holmes and his trusty assistant,Watson,are snooping around a dark,deserted house in London.Watson suddenly screams,"Holmes! I thought I just saw a flicker of light!" Holmes turns to him and says,"No,my dear boy.You must have been interpreting a random firing of sensory neurons as a stimulus." Holmes is describing ____.

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Holmes is referring to internal noise, which refers to the random electrical or chemical activity in the sensory system that can be misinterpreted as a stimulus. This concept is related to the detection of thresholds, but Holmes' specific explanation does not correspond to either an absolute threshold or just-noticeable difference. Weber's law is also unrelated to this scenario.

Inspector Holmes and His Trusty Assistant,Watson,are Snooping Around a Dark,deserted