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Brain
Anja S • 1 card
I’m not saying that every neuron can do everything, but any neuron can do more than one thing, just like a single airport can launch planes, sell tickets, and serve crappy food.
Lisa Feldman Barrett • Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain
The messages themselves are basic.5 In the brain, electrical signals have only one meaning: do more of what you’re doing. If enough electricity pours
Steven Kotler • The Art of Impossible
The main thing that sets experts apart from the rest of us is that their years of practice have changed the neural circuitry in their brains to produce highly specialized mental representations, which in turn make possible the incredible memory, pattern recognition, problem solving, and other sorts of advanced abilities needed to excel in their
... See moreAnders Ericsson, Robert Pool • Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
Neural Networks
Matt Mower • 1 card
neurospicy
Matt • 5 cards
each person has the power to change his or her brain for the better—what Jeffrey Schwartz has called self-directed neuroplasticity.
Rick Hanson • Hardwiring Happiness: The Practical Science of Reshaping Your Brain—and Your Life
dendrites do more than passively relay