Before the advent of intercoms, old mansions had a sash in each room. Each sash was connected to a bell on a master board in the servants' office. When someone pulled a sash in a particular room, a bell corresponding to the room would ring on the master board, informing a servant where to go to provide assistance.
This system is similar to which of the following?
A) Sparse coding
B) Localization coding
C) Population coding
D) Specificity coding

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The old mansion's bell system is similar to specificity coding because it involves a specific response (a bell ringing) to a specific stimulus (pulling a sash in a particular room), much like how specificity coding involves a specific neuron responding to a specific stimulus.

Before the Advent of Intercoms, Old Mansions Had a Sash