Spatial summation is a neural impulse propagated by 2 or more post synaptic potentials that occur at the same time at different synapses on the one neuron. Compare temporal summation.
Cite this page: N., Sam M.S., "SPATIAL SUMMATION," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 13, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/spatial-summation/ (accessed June 29, 2022).
