What is Learning?
Learning something new means remembering how to do something and quickly reproducing the action whenever necessary. Knowledge has a material and substantial nature. New knowledge is a new connection between the neurons in your brain. Connections can be strengthened and weakened under the influence of various factors.
The learning process can be divided into three stages:
- Encoding (receiving information from the senses to the brain)
- Consolidation (integrating knowledge into long-term memory)
- Recall (direct use of acquired knowledge)
Information is stored in the short-term memory between encoding and consolidation, but it only remains there for up to one minute. The reception desk tells you the number of the doctor's office, but this may already be forgotten before you get to the right floor.
Neuroplasticity and Practice
The brain has neuroplasticity – the ability to strengthen or weaken neural connections under the influence of experience and transfer the functions of parts damaged by disease or injury to healthy ones.
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