ALPHABETICAL BRAIN™ VOCABULARY SUMMARY ABOUT THE POTENTIATION PROCESS October 30, 2017 WHAT IS THE POTENTIATION PROCESS? AND WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT? SUMMARY ABOUT THE POTENTIATION PROCESS The purpose of the potentiation process (long-term potentiation) in your life is to make cellular communication possible among all of the neuron brain cells throughout your brain and body (your nervous system). The potentiation process activates the 100 billion neurons in all of the many neuronal pathways of your connectome. It strengthens the action potential spikes in a particular neuronal pathway by adding connections to more neurons through repeated signaling of biochemical currents (ionic impulses) along a specific pathway. This biochemical signaling process is what causes a habit to form through the repetition of a physical behavior or a mental idea until it is remembered in your long-term memory. Also, this process happens inside neuronal pathways when biochemical currents (ionic impulses) are associated with strong emotions or repeated because of conscioius training or routine unconscious incidental behaviors. This fundamental biological process can produce new memories of all kinds of the bodily sensations that your brain is aware of from both inside and outside your body. For example, procedural memory (muscle memory), which is one form of declarative memory that deals with physical skills and habits of movement, is made possible by the long-term potentiation process. instantly return to: TAKE 15 STEPS ON THE HUMANIST STAIRWAY TO ENLIGHTENMENT produced by Infinite Interactive Ideas™