Question 1 10 pt People with a rare condition called synesthesia interpret one k

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Question 1 10 pt People with a rare condition called synesthesia interpret one kind of stimulus as another. For example they might feel the shapes of certain objects when tasting certain kinds of food. The cause of synesthesia is unknown. uppose a person saw a series of bright Ights in the air when the telephone rang and an undulating hain of light when a kitten purred. Which of the following hypotheses (testable explanations) would ou choose to test as the most likely explanation for this person's synesthesia a. The person has rods and cones connected to the auditory centers in the brain. b. The person has defective organs of Corti. c. The person's auditory neurons cannot produce action potentials d. The person has some sensary neurons connected to the wrong brain centers. e. Receptor potentials instead of action potentials are entering the person's CNS Explain your answer HTML Estor Paragraph- 3 6 8 9

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A) The person has rods and cones connected to the auditory centers in the brain.

Synthesia is the comination of different senses in which the stimulation of one sense (sight, hearing or taste) triggers an effect in another sense. It occurs when stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway (e.g., hearing) leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway (e.g., vision).

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