The doctrine of specific energies proposes that the nervous system encodes sensory messages by means of a/an:
A) functional code.
B) anatomical code.
C) perceptual code.
D) chemical code.

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The doctrine of specific energies proposes that the sensory information is encoded by the nervous system through an anatomical code, meaning that different sensory neurons respond specifically to different types of sensory information. This code specifies the origin of the information rather than the type of stimulus, and the quality of the percept depends on which brain regions interpret the signals.

The Doctrine of Specific Energies Proposes That the Nervous System