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psychological refractory period  

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  • After a neuron fires, it becomes temporarily unable to fire again, no matter how great the excitation. In 1931, Charles Telford wondered whether higher level cognitive processes might be subject to an analogous limitation. [Source: Encyclopedia of the Mind; Psychological Refractory Period]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-QFWPTMQM-8

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