Here are a few practice/study questions for you to consider before the midterm on Wednesday.
1. Lateral inhibition occurs in most sensory systems. If a large area of the sensory periphery were stimulated in
such a system (let's say the somatosensory system: this means a large area of the skin were stimulated), how
would the rate of firing from a sensory neuron in the middle of the area compare to the firing of the same
neuron if a small spot in the mids of