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For questions about acquiring new, or modifying existing, knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, or preferences. Learning may involve synthesizing different types of information.

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How do congenitally deaf and mute people think?

Short answer The inner voice of congenitally (pre-lingually) deaf people who have not received treatment like cochlear implantation, is not sound-based. Instead, it is mainly based on visual images, s …
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How do neurons decide how to alter their output signals?

To narrow it down I will focus on learning processes in the hippocampus involving long-term potentiation (LTP). LTP in the hippocampus is thought to be an essential feature of learning. … While NMDA receptors are key to learning, it is the workhorse of glutamatergic signalling that ultimately mediates LTP, namely the AMPA receptor. …
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Do dissolving myelinated connections explain learning?

Learning predominantly takes place in cortical areas and it is believed that it mainly depends on synaptic changes, such as long-term potentiation (LTP) of synapses. … Although there is a lot more to learning than I can cover here, I dare say it doesn't involve myelination, and forgetting things doesn't involve demyelination, or vice versa. …
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How long does it take to learn to cane travel?

Fear of traffic, or unfamiliarity with it may complicate the learning process. Ad. 2. …
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Why does paraphrasing result in failure to obtain the spacing effect?

The confusion is that paraphrasing does not degrade spaced learning, instead it improves the effectiveness of learning through mass repetition up until the level of spaced repetition. … The authors believe that processing is key to the learning of verbal information. …
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Does STDP make the Hebbian learning rule redundant?

Hebbian learning has been popularly described as: ["C]ells that fire together, wire together.” … In other words, Hebbian learning is mediated by STDP. Thus STDP may explain how Hebbian learning may come to exist. …
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Does the brain's reward system also work when the reward comes before the experience?

Learning Theories: An Educational Perspective, Sixth Edition, Dale H. Schunk: Page 81 (Section: Informational Variables: Pavlov believed that stimuli non-pairing would extinguish the conditioning. …
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Why do I perform better at rhythm games after a long period of not playing?

Synaptic consolidation is the same as long-term potentiation and occurs within the first few hours after learning. … References - Miller, Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference (2008); 1: 53–3 - Pitel et al., Handbook of Clinical Neurology (2014); 125: 211-25 Fig. 1. …
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How reliable is this self-administered Mensa IQ test?

You linked website states also that But, if you're pleased with your score, you might want to consider taking a properly administered and supervised IQ test. A formal IQ test is supervised by a trai …
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What is the learning/memory type which requires active contribution called?

Short answer This type of engaged learning is referred to as active learning. … Active learning is any approach to instruction in which all students are asked to engage in the learning process. …
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How did Hermann Ebbinghaus conduct memory experiments on himself?

Each double test consisted in learning eight series of 13 syllables each [...] and then in relearning them after a definite time. … The learning was continued until two errorless recitations of the series in question were possible. …
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Which function to use for fitting learning curves?

Short answer Learning curves can be fitted well with standard psychometric curves, like the Weibull function. … Note that lapse rate lambda has been omitted (Strasburger, 2001) The Weibull function has been used before for learning curves, as shown by the paper cited by Bryan above (Gallistel et al., 2004). …
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Can brain improve "non-active" functions?

The steep learning curves involved are the result of neural plasticity in the brain. … People can learn to make sense of it, mainly by using it and learning to interpret what they hear and relate that to their surroundings. …
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