Temporal summation

Hey there kiddo! Have you ever played with a bunch of different toys all at the same time? Well, think of our brain's neurons as toys. Temporal summation happens when our neurons decide to play with each other, like playing catch or passing a ball back and forth.

When neurons play together, they can add up their signals and make a bigger one. It's like when you and your friends put all your toy blocks together to make a big tower. This tower is bigger than any of the individual blocks on their own.

Temporal summation is just like that tower of toy blocks. Neurons can add up their signals over time and make a bigger and stronger signal. This can help them send messages to different parts of the brain or the rest of the body.

So, as you can see, temporal summation is a cool thing that our brain can do with neurons to make their signals stronger by playing together over time. And just like with toys, when we play together, we can do some pretty amazing things!