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So now let's switch gears and talk about neural circuits.
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A neural circuit is a functional group of neurons that process specific types of information.
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There are four different types of neural circuits.
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We have diverging circuits, converging circuits, reverberating circuits, and parallel after-discharge circuits.
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In a divergent neural circuit, we have one incoming fiber that is going to trigger multiple outgoing fibers.
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Conversely, in a convergent neural circuit, the opposite happens where you have multiple incoming and one outgoing.
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In a reverberating neural circuit, each neuron on the pathway will actually link back to the previous neuron.
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This happens in processes that are rhythmic such as breathing or your sleep-wake cycle.
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Finally, we have parallel after-discharge circuits.
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In this process, a divergent and convergent neural circuits are going to result in a burst of impulses.
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This burst is referred to as after-discharge.
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This is usually going to take place in complex mental processing
such as trying to figure out a difficult math problem or trying to learn all of human anatomy and physiology.