Let’s say you are stuggling to understand a math concept for a while and suddendly you get it. What mechanism caused it?
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This happens instantaneously. The tag says biology so I can’t really add more to that aspect.
This happens instantaneously. The tag says biology so I can’t really add more to that aspect.
This happens instantaneously. The tag says biology so I can’t really add more to that aspect.
Nobody knows for sure. What we can tell for sure is that specific neurons forming specific connections (technically synapses they don’t touch) and specific neurons firing together in specific sequences cause thoughts and memories and learning.
So presumably you’re just training your brain to create a new pattern of neuron operation that depended on previously established neurons and you grasping the concept somehow changes the patterns.
We truly do not understand this as well as we’d like to
Nobody knows for sure. What we can tell for sure is that specific neurons forming specific connections (technically synapses they don’t touch) and specific neurons firing together in specific sequences cause thoughts and memories and learning.
So presumably you’re just training your brain to create a new pattern of neuron operation that depended on previously established neurons and you grasping the concept somehow changes the patterns.
We truly do not understand this as well as we’d like to
Nobody knows for sure. What we can tell for sure is that specific neurons forming specific connections (technically synapses they don’t touch) and specific neurons firing together in specific sequences cause thoughts and memories and learning.
So presumably you’re just training your brain to create a new pattern of neuron operation that depended on previously established neurons and you grasping the concept somehow changes the patterns.
We truly do not understand this as well as we’d like to
Your brain is composed of a vast network or neurons. These neurons are constantly changing and making new connections. It’s how we form all cognitive functions. As we learn, those neurons become systems that are linking together to create relational networks that provide context. When something “makes sense” It’s because we have formed enough connections to provide contextual assumptions.
What gets tricky is just because we have those connections in our brains, it doesn’t mean that it’s factual or true. Its why our memories are faulty. Its why as children we are very susceptible to new information. It’s only when new experiences or knowledge challenges those perceptions, or when those connections that are no longer utilized, that we break or form new connections in our brains.
Your brain is composed of a vast network or neurons. These neurons are constantly changing and making new connections. It’s how we form all cognitive functions. As we learn, those neurons become systems that are linking together to create relational networks that provide context. When something “makes sense” It’s because we have formed enough connections to provide contextual assumptions.
What gets tricky is just because we have those connections in our brains, it doesn’t mean that it’s factual or true. Its why our memories are faulty. Its why as children we are very susceptible to new information. It’s only when new experiences or knowledge challenges those perceptions, or when those connections that are no longer utilized, that we break or form new connections in our brains.
Your brain is composed of a vast network or neurons. These neurons are constantly changing and making new connections. It’s how we form all cognitive functions. As we learn, those neurons become systems that are linking together to create relational networks that provide context. When something “makes sense” It’s because we have formed enough connections to provide contextual assumptions.
What gets tricky is just because we have those connections in our brains, it doesn’t mean that it’s factual or true. Its why our memories are faulty. Its why as children we are very susceptible to new information. It’s only when new experiences or knowledge challenges those perceptions, or when those connections that are no longer utilized, that we break or form new connections in our brains.
The main thing that solidifies a memory is dopamine. When you learn something new, dopamine is released by the brain and that encourages your braincells to reinforce the memories that were just made.
When you finally understand something, you have made new connections in your mind. You keep checking the connections you are making to see if they “make sense.” Once you finally develop the connections that create the logic you need, you recognize that you have the right answer, and a rush of dopamine hits your brain.
It’s trial and error with a hit of dopamine once you get it right.
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