Multiple Choice
A researcher uses a device to press two closely-spaced pins onto various places on participants' bodies. Each time, the research asks the participant to say whether they feel two distinct points or only one. The researcher is testing the _____________ of the skin on the different body parts.
A) gate threshold
B) flexibility
C) acuity
D) nociception
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