ALPHABETICAL BRAIN™ VOCABULARY DETAILS ABOUT YOUR NEURONS Brain Flash Card #2 April 27, 2016 WHAT ARE YOUR NEURONS AND WHY ARE THEY SO IMPORTANT? BRAIN SCIENCE FACTS What is the purpose and function of your neurons? Your neurons are specialized brain cells that make it possible for the many physical structures of your body to communicate with each other and make it possible for you to communicate with yourself and others. It is helpful to simplify the most complex three pounds of matter in the universe (your brain) by integrating the idea of your brain's neurons with the overall concept of the global connectivity of your brain's structures and their functions. You can explore the relationship between your brain's neurons and the new idea of your brain's global connectivity by momentarily focusing your attention on the following circular symbol and the #2 red arrow: See #2 = NEURONS THIS SYMBOL REPRESENTS A SIMPLIFIED HOLISTIC VIEW OF THE GLOBAL CONNECTIVITY NECESSARY FOR HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS This circular symbol was created to convey a powerful visual image of the previously unimaginable coalescence of the many diverse and interactive physical brain structures that form the wonderful new idea of your self-manifesting holistic brain. The symbol of 14 red arrows pointing toward the circle of human consciousness, depicts a conscious living human brain that is made up of many parts with a sum total of meaning that is greater than all of its separate parts. Each of the 15 brain ideas in the image can converge and merge in your mind to produce the process of your self-directed neuroplasticity or, more simply, your mental force. Your neurons are the basic building blocks of your brain and nervous system. They make up about 20% of the cells in your brain. Typically, as many as 10,000-15,000 dendrites are attached to the cell body of each of your 100 billion neurons but there can be as few as one dendrite attached to a single cell body. Your neurons are able to send or receive biochemical curents or signals (ionic impulses) all around your brain and up and down your body but only in one direction within each neuronal pathway. All your neurons are connected to each other by your synapses, which relay biochemical signals through an electro-chemical transduction process known as potentiation (long-term potentiation). Printable PDF Form DETAILS ABOUT NEURONS #2 (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 edit this text to personalize it and read your edited version of these ideas in a few hours and in a few days and then a week later to take advantage of the spaced-repetition method of learning. instantly return to: 15 STEPS ON THE STAIRWAY TO ENLIGHTENMENT or instantly return to: ALPHABETICAL BRAIN™ VOCABULARY INDEX produced by Infinite Interactive Ideas™