Alternatively, existing synapses can be strengthened to allow for increased sensitivity in the communication between two neurons. Consolidating such synaptic changes requires the synthesis of new RNA and proteins in the structures, which transform temporary alterations in synaptic transmission into persistent...
Alternatively, existing synapses can be strengthened to allow for increased sensitivity in the communication between two neurons. Consolidating such synaptic changes requires the synthesis of new RNA and proteins in the structures, which transform temporary alterations in synaptic transmission into persistent...
To investigate how synapses are strengthened, Littleton and Cho studied a type of synapse known as neuromuscular junctions, in fruit flies. The researchers stimulated the presynaptic neurons with a rapid series of action potentials over a short period of time. As expected, these cells released neuro...
Traditionally, learning and memory formation have been explained by the Hebbian model, which suggests that synapses in the brain are strengthened through repeated simultaneous activation of neurons. This means that when two neurons are repeatedly activated, the connection between them becomes stronger—wha...
Most gender stereotypes are reproduced in relationships between humans and robots. E.g. people consider robots with more female characteristics to be more suitable for stereotypically female tasks [46]. These gender stereotypes can be strengthened e.g. by giving robots both male and female names th...
and one we want to believe: that radical personal transformation is possible, that we have the potential to be whoever and whatever we want to be, that we can find happiness, success, salvation – all we need to do is try. We are dreamers down to our very synapses, we are the people...
Thehuman brainis like a long-term construction site—there's always something else to be done. This is certainly true ofsynapses, the functional links betweennerve cells, which are constantly being strengthened, attenuated or demolished. Indeed, this process termed synaptic plasticity is the basis ...
frequent, faster or better coordinated, the signal transmission between the cells may be strengthened, resulting in a process called long-term potentiatation (LTP), whereby the transmission of the signal is strengthened permanently. The mechanism behind this process is seen as the basis of learning...
and one we want to believe: that radical personal transformation is possible, that we have the potential to be whoever and whatever we want to be, that we can find happiness, success, salvation – all we need to do is try. We are dreamers down to our very synapses, we are thepeopleof...