The doctrine of specific nerve energies states that:
A) what a person experiences depends on what nerve was stimulated.
B) each type of sensory receptor releases a different type of energy.
C) each sensory neuron can respond to all sensory modalities.
D) different sensory nerves release different neurotransmitters.

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The doctrine of specific nerve energies is the principle that the nature of a sensation depends on which sensory fibers are stimulated, not on how fibers are stimulated electrically. That is, each sensory fiber conveys only one type of information or stimulus, regardless of how the stimulation occurs, which means every sense experience you have had or will ever have come from one or more type-specific pathways.

The Doctrine of Specific Nerve Energies States That