Whales and elephants have the ability to distinguish much lower frequency sounds than humans can.What kind of process might be more developed in a whale or elephant's cochlea than it is in a human's cochlea?
A)temporal coding
B)place coding
C)localizing sound
D)amplitude discrimination

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Temporal coding is the process of encoding sound information in the time domain. This is done by measuring the time between the peaks of sound waves. Whales and elephants have a more developed temporal coding system than humans, which allows them to distinguish between sounds that are very close in frequency.

Whales and Elephants Have the Ability to Distinguish Much Lower