Ever Wonder How Your Brain Just *Knows* How to Do Things Without You Even Thinking About It?
It’s More Than Just Muscle Memory! Procedural memory is basically your brain’s secret storage for all the “how-to” knowledge that lets you perform tasks...
Critical thinking to protect memory
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Ever Wonder How Our Brains Make Sense of Words?
The Brain’s Dictionary: How We Store Word Meanings Semantics is basically the study of meaning in language – how we understand words, phrases, and...
Ever Wonder How Your Brain Builds Words? Unlocking the Power of Morphemes!
What Exactly is a Morpheme? Okay, so imagine words are like LEGOs! A morpheme is basically the smallest LEGO piece that still has its...
Are We Born to Speak? Unpacking Noam Chomsky’s Mind-Bending Language Theories!
Decoding Universal Grammar: Is Language Hardwired? Hey everyone! So, Noam Chomsky, this super influential guy, proposed something called ‘Universal Grammar’ (UG). Imagine it as...
Ever Wonder How Your Brain Builds Up Reality from Scratch? Dive into Bottom-Up Processing!
It’s All About the Data First, Right? Imagine your brain like a super-smart detective who always starts with the tiniest clues before making any...
Ever Wonder How Your Brain Stores Your Favorite Memories?
Unpacking Explicit Memory: The ‘What’ and ‘Who’ of Your Past Explicit memory, also known as declarative memory, is basically your brain’s filing cabinet for...
Ever Wonder Why Some Memories Just Pop Up (and Others Don’t)?
The Brain’s Amazing Search Engine: How We Find Memories When we talk about “retrieval” in neuroscience and cognitive science, we’re basically referring to the...
Ever Wonder Why Some People Struggle to Speak Even Though They Understand Everything? Let’s Talk Broca’s Aphasia!
Understanding Broca’s Aphasia: More Than Just Trouble Speaking Hey everyone! So, Broca’s Aphasia is a type of language disorder that makes it hard for...
Are Your Beliefs Actually YOURS? Unpacking Confirmation Bias!
It’s All About Seeking What You Already Believe Okay, so picture this: Confirmation bias is basically our brain’s sneaky little trick of noticing, remembering,...