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Definition of 'Learning'

Relatively permanent change in behavior that is the result of past experience or practice. The concept includes the acquisition of knowledge.

Common names: Learning; Phenomenography

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Friday, November 20, 2009

Visual learning shapes the processing of complex movement stimuli in the human brain.

2 Nov 2009 Recognition of actions and complex movements is fundamental for social interactions and action understanding. While the relationship between motor expertise and visual recognition of body movements has received a vast amount of interest, the role of ... Read more...


Decreased firing of striatal neurons related to licking during acquisition and overtraining of a licking task.

2 Nov 2009 Neurons that fire in relation to licking, in the ventral part of the dorsolateral striatum (DLS), were studied during acquisition and performance of a licking task in rats for 14 sessions (2 h/d). Task learning was indicated by fewer errors of ... Read more...


Defining and describing medical learning communities: results of a national survey.

30 Oct 2009 PURPOSE: To investigate what is meant by learning community in medical education and to identify the most important features of current medical education learning communities. METHOD: After a literature review, the authors surveyed academic deans of ... Read more...

 

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Technical information about 'Learning'

Definition: Relatively permanent change in behavior that is the result of past experience or practice. The concept includes the acquisition of knowledge.

Descriptor UI: D007858

Alternative terms: Learning; Phenomenography;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; drug effects; physiology; radiation effects; ethics;

Tree Number: F02.463.425; F02.784.629.529;

Technical Notes: more psychol than educ: Manual 30.12

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