Biology GCSE
signal integration
What signal integration means in Biology GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of signal integration
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The processing of multiple neural inputs within the brain or spinal cord, where inputs are integrated and evaluated against stored information.
Topics that use signal integration
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