Term
Synapse
The point of contact between two nerve cells, where a signal passes from one to the other. Learning largely comes down to some synapses growing stronger while others grow weaker.
The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction Is Not a Disease, Marc Lewis
Explained in
- The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction Is Not a Disease, Marc Lewis
- Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic, Esther Perel
The point of contact between nerve cells, with a tiny gap the signal has to cross. For Perel it is an image of the distance desire needs.