neural activity
Neurons firing together
Neural activity is the electrical and chemical signaling that occurs in the brain and nervous system.
Neurons communicate through these signals, generating patterns that correspond to thoughts, sensations, movements, and bodily functions.
The term appears frequently in neuroscience and medicine: Brain scans revealed abnormal neural activity, Meditation can alter neural activity in measurable ways.
- predictive codingBrain anticipates sensory data
- sensory perceptionDetecting stimuli through senses
- resting stateInactive default condition
- gray matterBrain's cognitive tissue
- lit upMade bright or elated
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- physiologymetabolism, circulation, respiration, homeostasis, digestion
- body signalsheartbeat, pulse, brainwaves, brain waves, brainwave
- Brain MeasuresEEG, fMRI, MRI images, brain scan, brain scans
- nerve signalsdepolarization, repolarization, impulse, firing, threshold potential
- biometricsfingerprints, fingerprint scan, iris scan, face recognition, palm print
- consciousnessconsciousness, self-awareness, awareness, wakefulness, alertness