So the "plastic component" of a connection strength is a thing which decays away exponentially, but is replenished whenever the two endpoints do the same thing.

So the "plastic component" of a connection strength is a thing which decays away exponentially, but is replenished whenever the two endpoints do the same thing. I have heard that neuroscientists have an adage "fire together wire together". Is that all that ML people mean by "plasticity".