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Stimulus Size Impulses Neurones Detected Larger Generated Time 

Front How is stimulus size detected?
Back larger stimulus --> more impulses generated in a given time 
(greater frequency per receptor and more receptors)

- different neurones have different threshold values
- number and types of neurones that pass impulses used to determine stimulus size

Tags: nerves

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