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If You Witnessed a Crime and Were Asked to Pick

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If you witnessed a crime and were asked to pick out the person who committed this crime from a lineup, your memory was being tested using


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Synaptic Cleft

The small gap between the presynaptic and postsynaptic neurons across which neurotransmitters are released to transmit signals.

Postsynaptic Cell

The neuron or cell that receives a signal (neurotransmitters) from another neuron at a synapse.

Neurotransmitter

Chemicals released by neurons at synapses, which transmit signals across a chemical synapse from one neuron to another neuron, muscle cell, or gland cell.

Inhibitory Local Potential

A type of synaptic potential that makes a postsynaptic neuron less likely to generate an action potential.

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