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So, learning is important.
And yet, one form of learning is muscle memory.
And so we actually have a learning methodology where of course, we're not going to take the motors and move the legs, and so we have to Nunchuk to give our robot muscle memory in terms of how to do dance moves.
When we think about learning, we often picture students in a classroom or lecture hall, books open on their desks, listening intently to a teacher or professor in the front of the room.
But in psychology, learning means something else.
To psychologists, learning is a long-term change in behavior that's based on experience.
Two of the main types of learning are called classical conditioning and operant, or instrumental, conditioning.
Plus, they were grown-ups, and grown-ups aren't as good at learning languages as children.
I had no idea if it would work or was at all possible, but with a few small steps and a very steep learning curve, I made my first sculpture, called "The Lost Correspondent."
On one hand, learning very negative, highly immoral information about someone typically has a stronger impact than learning very positive, highly moral information.
Certain types of learning don't seem to lead to this sort of negativity bias.
When learning about another person's abilities and competencies, for instance, this bias flips.
These neurons are important for learning and self-awareness.
But then you recall learning that the Sun moves around the center of the Milky Way galaxy, and the Milky Way moves within the Local Group of galaxies, and the Local Group moves within the Virgo Cluster, and the Virgo Cluster moves within... "How fast are you moving?" is not an easy question.
But what we're learning from our experience is that this approach is much more expensive that we expected it to be.
Scientists are learning that this detritus is an unexpectedly huge energy source, fueling most natural ecosystems.
And that began my journey of learning how to weave and transform these dried water hyacinth stems into long ropes.
That way students might not fully grasp the way it works, but can superficially understand it, learning such concepts as the heart is a four-chambered organ, or potentially misleading statements like, mammals have a dual-circulation: one with blood going to the lungs and back, and another to the body and back.
When I was first learning to meditate, the instruction was to simply pay attention to my breath, and when my mind wandered, to bring it back.
It turns out that we're fighting one of the most evolutionarily-conserved learning processes currently known in science, one that's conserved back to the most basic nervous systems known to man.
This reward-based learning process is called positive and negative reinforcement, and basically goes like this.
Now, with these same brain processes, we've gone from learning to survive to literally killing ourselves with these habits.
What if instead of fighting our brains, or trying to force ourselves to pay attention, we instead tapped into this natural, reward-based learning process ... but added a twist?
As a devout Muslim, he took a particular interest in Timbuktu, already a center of religion and learning prior to its annexation.
Scientists have several theories about what's behind this deterioration, from actual brain shrinkage, the hippocampus loses 5% of its neurons every decade for a total loss of 20% by the time you're 80 years old to the drop in the production of neurotransmitters, like acetylcholine, which is vital to learning and memory.
Exposing your brain to challenges, like learning a new language, is one of the best defenses for keeping your memories intact.
For now, learning a language the old fashioned way will still give you better results than any currently available computer program.
And as levels of cortisol rise, electric signals in your hippocampus, the part of the brain associated with learning, memories, and stress control, deteriorate.
By never learning the truth, Betsy is essentially living life in her own personal Experience Machine, a world of happiness that's not based in reality.
Despite the many visionary breakthroughs in medicine we've been learning about, there's a failure of imagination when it comes to race.
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