Learning Memory 1 Flashcards
the study of mental brain processes and its underlying neural systems. This includes thinking and behavior and is underpinned by the learning brain
Cognitive neuroscience
looks at how the brain learns, stores, and uses the information it acquires. It is through ___ that the brain enables us to adapt to our ever-changing environment.
Cognitive neuroscience
Learning
ability of the brain to modify its connections or re-wire itself.
Neuroplasticity
without this ability, any brain, not just the human brain, would be unable to develop from infancy through to adulthood or recover from brain injury
Neuroplasticity
Neurons in the brain are connected by _____, tiny structures that provide an electrical and chemical junction between neurons.
Synapses
is how successful connections are reinforced
Long-term potentiation
detects the satisfaction of a successful outcome and, upstream, further reinforces the firing patterns that led to that perfect three-point jump shot
Brain’s reward system
How can you trigger these learning mechanisms?
Practice and repetition
provides the building blocks for innovation, which is the number one priority for many enterprises
Knowledge
Prerequisite for changes in the brain
Active engagement
Learning experiences
Powerful training initiatives that stimulate active engagement include
facilitation, simulation, games, and role play.
in the brain is driven by emotion
Motivation
Research findings indicate that different aspects of memory are activated in different emotional contexts, and that demonstrates there are links between emotion and cognition.
Motivation
largely an unconscious process but essential for learning and creative thinking
Sustained focus
Focusing on the major senses while breathing deeply
Focused attention
actively allowing incoming stimuli without reacting or responding to it
Open monitoring
less effective because people can’t apply their learning in the workplace after completion of training.
Training initiatives
Provides on-demand learning and knowledge that can be reviewed at any time and any place
Digital learning
the means to draw past experiences in order to assess the information at the present
sternberg- memory
complete process of structuring and processing the information involved in the storage and retrieval of such information
Memory
off real-life events that have happened to you
Episodic explicit memories
series of general facts and information
Semantic explicit memories
memories that we tap into without being consciously aware of the past experience we are drawing them from. For example,
Implicit memories
Muscle memory
the stage of memory which accumulates all the information from the surrounding and encodes or stores it in our brain. The information we intake from the world around us is processed in three different forms.
Encodings
Visual (images)
Acoustic (sound)
Semantic (meaning)
