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Biopsychology Brain

Understanding Semantic Memory

Internally, we each possess a vast and intricate library-a repository of words, concepts, facts, and ideas collected throughout our lives. Psychologists and neuroscientists call such an internal library “semantic memory.” From this basis of understanding, one can recognise faces, understand speech, remember the dates of a historical event, and navigate the complicated web of everyday

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Biopsychology Neurons

Synaptic Transmission: How Information Travels in the Brain

Imagine your brain as a bustling city, with its roads and highways linking its many regions, neurons in this case. The ‘traffic’ within this city does not move chaotically, instead, it follows specific pathways, finds quick routes, and builds new ones when necessary. Streams of electric activity move through the highways and byways of clusters

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