PSY100H1 Lecture : Psychology notes - fundamental insights (Dolderman)
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Reality is a story told by our brains. Our experiences do not reflect reality itself but rather a construction or representation of reality. This construction process involves a lot of guesswork - filling in the gaps. We only have access to a limited subset of reality. The limitations of our sensory perceptual system are due to. Your brain is an incredibly intricate network of neurons, they communicate and form larger patterns and structures and forms systems of meaning and patterns of communication. When neurons release their electrochemical messages to other neurons, an association begins to form between them. The more they communicate, the stronger the association gets, until it becomes virtually automatic and instantaneous, like how we build relationships with others, and share private jokes with our friends. These neural conversations are not independent, that would be really confusing. The neural communications in the brain are interdependent.
