| Text | Neurobiology Spreading activation - node in semantic network activates, activating others Semantic network - concepts linked based on similar meaning Long term potentiation - memory traces repeatedly stimulated neurons become efficient at releasing neurotransmitters, increase synapse & receptor density Synaptic pruning - weak connections broken, strong bolstered Neuroplasticity - connections form due to stimuli |
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Tags: behavioral_sciences+_3
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