Professor Walker is lecturing about the law of specific nerve energies. She would not tell the class that _____.
A) neurons in the ear send impulses that are interpreted as sound.
B) neurons in the eye detect light energy.
C) chemicals are the specific energy detected by receptors in the nose and tongue.
D) although found in different places, the same kind of receptors on neurons are able to detect light and sound.

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The law of specific nerve energies states that different types of sensory information are processed in different ways by the brain, and this is due to the specificity of the neurons involved. Professor Walker would not say that the same kind of receptors on neurons are able to detect light and sound, as this would not be consistent with the law of specific nerve energies. Instead, neurons in the ear specifically send impulses that are interpreted as sound, and neurons in the eye specifically detect light energy. Receptors in the nose and tongue specifically detect different chemicals as their specific energy.

Professor Walker Is Lecturing About the Law of Specific Nerve