Replacing key subject words with synonyms

As an alternative to direct repetition of subject words, using words that are synonymous to (the same as) the word that went before it, has the same result of increasing the ability of the reader to trace the theme of the writing through the text.

For example,

In the model paragraph, several synonyms were used to reference or create a link within the text to the key subject of the text.

Information is received from the environment by a range of sensory registers that reside in sensory memory. The sensory receptors are modality specific: a register exists for each sensory modality such as vision, auditory and olfactory. These have the ability to transform stimuli from the environment into physiological representations, which can be understood and retained in the memory system. They therefore have a key role to play in human cognitive processing. Sensory registers also play a role in the larger system of memory.

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