The Guardian – Catharine Young
“Since the dawn of time, learning and memory have gone together like bread and butter, up and down, spaghetti and meatballs. These two phenomena are so intricately linked that understanding the basics of how we remember can help teachers when designing lessons. So how do we form memories? It starts with us receiving information from our surroundings through sight and sound. This information is then converted into a pulse of electrical energy that zips along brain calls called neurons. The cells “talk” to each other through this energy by releasing chemicals, which bind to their neighbours through special proteins called receptors. This process allows the coded electrical message to continue from one neuron to the next.”(more)