Is plasticity of synapses the mechanism of long-term memory storage?

Overview of attention for article published in npj Science of Learning, July 2019

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User my_2020_username, in the Neuroscience: News and Discussions. subreddit, 16 Jun 2020

Oh, OK. I finally got it. I was asking to be sure. So let's assume you're reading this very comment of mine. Photons are…

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User gripmyhand, in the Exploration of the Mammalian Brain and the Human Mind. subreddit, 01 Jan 2020

“Despite the neuroscience community's best efforts, we are still without conclusive proof that memories reside at synapses”

User quaternion, in the Neuroscience: Your brain on reddit subreddit, 31 Dec 2019

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