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Kind of, but not really

Submitted by mmg on Tue, 02/24/2009 - 5:05am.
I agree with the two other comments posted here. While for me the action potential definitely makes sense to justify impulses, quick decisions, etc, their role in terms of complex thought processing is hard to fathom. How do they respond while making a life-chaging decision, or an ethical one? Is it just Sodium and Potassium that accounts for some of the best literature or art that is in the world today? I am willing to agree that it is the Na and the K that might help in some of the world's best football, or tennis. Yet, I feel like I want more complex explanation for certain other things.

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