Citrinin
Nephrotoxic.
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Think of a random word.
I thought of "mosquito".
I wonder, what are the thought processes involved in coming up with a random number or word. It can't be truly random - I'd watched an old episode of Family Guy that used the word "mosquito" a few times in one of the scenes, which was the thing that prompted me to think of mosquito.
So how does the brain drag a memory up for this "random" word? What processes does it go through to choose this word? What makes a word more likely to be chosen by this process? How recent it appeared? Its significance to your current emotional state?
I'm no expert on neuroscience, and I welcome anyone who is to explain this to me.
I thought of "mosquito".
I wonder, what are the thought processes involved in coming up with a random number or word. It can't be truly random - I'd watched an old episode of Family Guy that used the word "mosquito" a few times in one of the scenes, which was the thing that prompted me to think of mosquito.
So how does the brain drag a memory up for this "random" word? What processes does it go through to choose this word? What makes a word more likely to be chosen by this process? How recent it appeared? Its significance to your current emotional state?
I'm no expert on neuroscience, and I welcome anyone who is to explain this to me.