ALPHABETICAL BRAIN™ VOCABULARY DETAILS ABOUT POTENTIATION Brain Flash Card #7 June 26, 2017 WHAT IS THE PROCESS OF POTENTIATION AND WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT? WHAT IS THE PURPOSE AND THE FUNCTION OF POTENTIATION? The purpose of potentiation (long-term potentiation) is to make cellular communication possible among all of the neuronal brain cells throughout your brain (cranium) and nervous system (body). The transduction action of potentiation activates the neurons in your neuronal pathways and makes possible your mind's mental force. MEANING OF THE CIRCLE OF CONSCIOUSNESS SYMBOL The Circle of Consciousness Symbol was created to convey a powerful visual image of the previously unimaginable coalescence of the many diverse and interactive physical structures of your awesome self-manifesting holistic evolutionary brain with its dynamic and malleable mental functions, including your amazing mind's ability to reason. You can quickly explore the relationships between the 15 fundamental brain ideas and LONG-TERM POTENTIATION by focusing your attention on the following Circle of Consciousness Symbol with the names of all 15 brain ideas around it. The symbol contains the names of all 15 functional brain ideas surrounding the circle with 15 red arrows pointing toward the brain names. The 15 arrows point away from the edge of the circle. This indicates that at the beginning of your brain study the 15 brain ideas, with their many interactive relationships, are assumed to be outside your self-awareness. TAP, CLICK or SWIPE CIRCLE OF CONSCIOUSNESS SYMBOL TO MOVE THE 15 BRAIN IDEAS INSIDE YOUR BRAIN ALL 15 RED ARROWS = CONSCIOUSNESS THIS SYMBOL REPRESENTS A SIMPLIFIED HOLISTIC VIEW OF THE GLOBAL CONNECTIVITY NECESSARY FOR HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS instantly go to: MOVE 15 BRAIN IDEAS INSIDE YOUR BRAIN instantly go to: DETAILS ABOUT THE LOCATION OF POTENTIATION ON THE CIRCLE OF CONSCIOUSNESS SYMBOL The function of long-term potentiation is to strengthen the action potential spikes in particular neuonral pathways by adding connections to more neurons through the repeated signaling of ionic currents along the particular neuronal pathways being stimulated or blocked (excited or inhibited). It is this biochemical communication process that causes a habit to form through repeating a certain physical behavior or mental idea until it is consciously or sub-consciously registered in your working memory and then transferred to your long-term memory system where it is unconsciously remembered. It happens inside neural pathways when the ionic currents (biochemical signals) are associated with strong emotions or repeated enough due to training or incidental routine behavior to create "memory triggers" that are "wired" into your long-term memory system in your hippocampus. This fundamental biological process can produce new memories of all the sensations that your mind's mental force is aware of from both inside and outside your body. For example, procedural memory, which is also called muscle memory, deals with physical skills and habits of movement that are made possible by the potentiation process (repeated signaling process of thousands or hundreds of thousands of action potential spikes of ionic current) being forwarded from your working memory to your long-term memory system NOTE: See also working memory #1, neurons #2, dendrites #3, axons #4, nucleus #5, glial cells #6, synapses #8, connectome #9, plasticity #10, cerebral cortex #11, and prefrontal cortex #12, long-term memory #15. Printable PDF Form DETAILS ABOUT YOUR LONG-TERM POTENTIATION PROCESS (for your own editing and memory consolidation) RECOMMENDATION: Print this PDF version and read it. Underline or highlight with colors the most important new brain ideas to save them in your long-term memory. Then read your mashup of these ideas in a few hours and then in a few days to take advantage of the spaced-repetition method of learning. instantly go to: FACT FINDER LIST OF BOOKS ABOUT POTENTIATION #7 or instantly go to: POTENTIATION: BRAIN FLASH CARD #7 or instantly go to: ALPHABETICAL BRAIN™ VOCABULARY INDEX produced by Infinite Interactive Ideas™