Few More I-Search Thoughts

Yea, i really like my topic, and i think it's really interesting- i only wish i had more of the scientific background to really undertand it. The more i read, the more i see how bio and chem are really connected to it- sodium and potassium are mentioned over and over, and just the scientific concepts in general. I'm having fun- think my Of Mice and Men trial obsession, but on an even larger scale- but I think i'll want to come back to this later, after high school. It's too early for career choices, but neurophysiology (another field i didnt even mention before) is really cool.

There's this one thing that's bugging me, that i have to say, because it's about the mind AND about language. (yay for woosle, who's sparked my interest) there's this thing called potential, which i have like seven articles about (resting potential, electrical potential, postsyaptic potential) which is basically stored energy. (except action potential, which is actually being used) But the word potential doesnt register that with me, it doesnt seem scientific at all, especially if i use it to mean voltage. It takes me half a second every time to replace "potential" with "energy" and THEN i understand what they're saying. It's weird. I'm starting to get it, but the "magnitude propagating signal" stuff doesnt help.