Synapses that become stronger or weaker depending on their effectiveness in driving their target cell are known as _______ synapses.

The _______ system is the sensory system that detects taste.

The ventral stream system of visual processing is said to specialize in processing information about

During development, the process in which one cell affects the differentiation of other neighboring cells is called

What is responsible for the lack of photoreceptors at the optic disc and consequent blind spot?

What aspect of sensory processing allows us to perceive complex flavors beyond the five basic tastes?

A high density of _______ is responsible for the dark color of the fovea (as seen in images of the retina), and this density is what makes visual _______ so high in this area.

Most axons of the retinal ganglion cells synapse in the

Conversion of an environmental stimulus into a change in membrane potential in a receptor cell is called:

In human cerebral cortex, there is a net _______ of synapses from late childhood until _______.