learning

Question 1

types of learning

Answer 1

conscious (facts and events)

non-conscious (implicit, non-declarative) aka riding a bike

Question 2

perceptual learning

Answer 2

one form of skill learning.
training-induced improvements in the ability to perform a perceptual task
“Perceptual Skills (Like Threshold) Can Improve with Practice
- Should this be surprising? I think not – think learning a musical “

Question 3

Applications of perceptual learning

Answer 3

Practical
—rehab (teach to be better musician)
—creating new expertise (being a musician)
Theoretical
—neural processing ***
—learning mechanism (what causes the brain to change)

Question 4

duration discrimination
(trained, untrained freq, untrained durations)
{part of neural processing}

Answer 4

Cares about duration not freq. 
Trains certain neurons…for example neurons that respond to 100ms….those really start to like things at 100ms. But they don’t care about things at 200 ms. This shows that the system cares about duration. It doesn’t generalize across the board…in this example it gets trained at 100ms not 200ms and 300ms etc. 
trained-learning
untrained freq-generalization
untrained duration-no generalization

Question 5

learning mechanism

Answer 5

Perceptual learning typically requires performance of the task to be learned.

Question 6

need for task performance

Answer 6

• Lack of cross-task transfer

- Smaller or no physiological changes when stimulus exposures are not linked to task performance

Question 7

frequency discrimination

Answer 7

Adjust freq difference until they cant tell it apart anymore.
We want to look at if there is learning? How would you tell if there is learning? The freq difference would get smaller/youd be sensitive to smaller and smaller differences.

Question 8

does interval discrimination aid frequency discrimination?

Answer 8

no. just being exposed to stimuli doesn’t drive anything. youre approach towards the stimulus is what drives it.

Question 9

task performance to frequency

Answer 9

The idea is that task performance has some special function. Top down (cognitive issues that go and look at lower level processing).
Task performance helps you select neurons that are important for you (not only select, but they get the neurons in a state that they’re ready to be changed);Sufficient stimulation of the sensitized neural processes leads to lasting modification

Question 10

number of training trials/day

Answer 10

Additional daily training beyond the required amount does not enhance learning

Question 11

what drives learning?

Answer 11

Only amplified responses contribute to learning; Lasting learning occurs if there is sufficient amplified stimulation

Question 12

time constraints of the sensitized state

Answer 12

-Provide too few training trials to yield learning
-Add periods of additional stimulus exposure
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