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zebra fish and then observing the changes in their transparent heads as brain cells light up.
Scientists generally agree that the brain creates memories by changing synapses, which are the small junctions where neurons connect; however, that may not be the case., the researchers found that learning causes brain synapses to grow in some locations and perish in others, rather than simply changing their strength, as previously thought.
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