Cellular Learning and Memory

Question 1

What is learning?

Answer 1

• the process by which experiences change our nervous system and hence our behavior

Question 2

What are memories?

Answer 2

• changes in nervous system and behaviour through learning
• transient or durable
• explicit or implicit
• personal or impersonal

Question 3

What is memory retrieval?

Answer 3

• accessing memories

Question 4

What is neuronal plasticity?

Answer 4

• cellular basis of long-term memory
• the ability of the nervous system to change and adapt