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The generic term for the sustained change in behavior that occurs in response to experiences or practice. Stages of learning: 1) perception 2) encoding 3) storage or consolidation All 3 stages are needed for new long-term memory. Long-term potentiation (LTP) may form the basis of associative learning (memory). Pathology: - mental exercise may counteracting tendency toward atrophy with age [2] Notes: - testing enhances learning through consolidation of retrieval processes linked with information storage [3]

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amnesia cognition (intelligence) learning impairment long term potentiation (LTP) memory

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machine learning

General

physiologic process

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
  2. Bezzola L et al. Training-induced neural plasticity in golf novices. J Neurosci 2011 Aug 31; 31:12444. PMID: 21880905
  3. Akresh-Gonzales J What Is the Testing Effect, and How Does It Affect Learning, Knowledge, and Retention? NEJM Knowledge+ http://knowledgeplus.nejm.org/what-is-the-testing-effect-and-how-does-it-affect-learning-knowledge-and-retention/?utm_source=pfw&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=blog