Special Senses
- Transduction is the conversion of an environmental stimulus, such as light or sound, into an electrical signal in a sensory pathway.
- Receptors differ in what they detect, where the stimulus comes from, and how their signals reach the brain.
Use Hide Bold Terms to cover authored terms, or Hide Every Word to cover every word in the block. Show One reveals the next hidden term or word in reading order without expanding the whole block. In Hide Main, hover a visible term to preview the full bullet.
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How To Use Note Blocks
Use this page to read normally, hide authored terms, hide every word for word-by-word recall, or hide full bullet text. After you click a mode pill, use the matching instructions below to advance, go back, or exit that mode.
Quick Start
Click Hide Bold Terms, Hide Every Word, or Hide Main to choose the recall mode you want.
In a reveal mode, click the active reveal pill, press Space, press Enter, or use the mobile Next Word button to move forward.
Click the active Show... or Stop... pill to exit a mode, or click Reset to clear the current hide/show state.
How To Use Each Mode
Hide Bold Terms
After clicking it, bold terms become blanks and the rest of the bullet stays visible. Click Show One, press Space, or press Enter to reveal one blank at a time. Click Show Bold Terms to exit.
Hide Every Word
After clicking it, every word becomes a blank, including bold words, while punctuation stays visible. Click Show Next Word, press Space, press Enter, or use mobile Next Word to advance. Click Show Every Word to exit.
Show One
After clicking it, the next hidden term gets the blue ready box. Click Show One again, press Space, press Enter, or use mobile Next Word to reveal and move forward. Click Stop Show One to exit.
Hide Main
After clicking it, the main bullet text hides while the key terms remain visible. Press Space, press Enter, or use mobile Next Section to reveal the next bullet section. Click Show Main to exit.
Show All
After clicking it, every hidden item in the current block is revealed at once. Use Reset to clear the reveal state, or use the active Show... pill to exit the current hide mode.
Reset
After clicking it, the current block returns to normal reading mode and the revealed/hidden state starts over.
Keyboard And Touch
Left / Right
Move to the previous or next block when you are not typing in a field. After you use a learner queue, move within that queue.
Space / Enter
Advance Show One, Hide Every Word, or Hide Main when those modes are active. With an active learner queue and no reveal mode active, Space moves forward and Shift+Space moves back.
Backspace
Hide the most recently revealed term, word, or bullet section in the active reveal mode.
Mobile
When Show One or Hide Every Word is active on small screens, the bottom bar gives you Next Word and Next Block without scrolling back to the top.
i / Esc
Open or close this guide from the keyboard.
Tip: the blue ready box means the next hidden term or word is armed for recall but not yet revealed. Green means revealed or solved. Amber means skipped.