Learning and Memory Paper
Learning and Memory Paper
Brian Adams, Cheri Johnson, Diana Dunbar, and Eleanore Krzeminski
PSY/340
January 12, 2013
Dr. Michelle Lockwood
Learning and Memory Paper Human memory has been a significant interest concerning how people develop memory and process memory. Researchers and educators are diligently interested on the neuroanatomical neural processes related to learning and the current literature, neuroanatomical and neural processes related to memory and the current literature. In addition, the relationship between learning and memory form functional perspective. Researchers discuss the reasons learning and memory are interdependent, and have performed testing through case studies using animal studies because they are most useful and replicable studies for understanding the learning-to-memory-link. The examples from research help researchers with solving the mystery of the memory processes. Researchers discuss the importance of lifelong learning and brain stimulation to longevity and quality of life to obtain knowledge and how the human individual develops their capabilities to obtain memory and how memory can affect human behaviors.
To understand the functional relationship between learning and memory we must first define what both learning and memory is. Learning is described as “the acquisition of knowledge or skills through experience, practice, or study, or by being taught” (Merriam-Webster, 2011). While “Memory is the means by which we draw on our past experiences in order to use this information in the present” (Sternberg, 1999). Therefore, as one can tell memory is essential to all of our lives. Without a memory of the past, we cannot operate in the present or think about the future. We would not be able to remember what we did yesterday, what we have done today or what we plan to do tomorrow. Without memory, we could not learn anything.
Learning and Memory are linked to cognitive abilities in both humans and animals. A well-known
Brian Adams, Cheri Johnson, Diana Dunbar, and Eleanore Krzeminski
PSY/340
January 12, 2013
Dr. Michelle Lockwood
Learning and Memory Paper Human memory has been a significant interest concerning how people develop memory and process memory. Researchers and educators are diligently interested on the neuroanatomical neural processes related to learning and the current literature, neuroanatomical and neural processes related to memory and the current literature. In addition, the relationship between learning and memory form functional perspective. Researchers discuss the reasons learning and memory are interdependent, and have performed testing through case studies using animal studies because they are most useful and replicable studies for understanding the learning-to-memory-link. The examples from research help researchers with solving the mystery of the memory processes. Researchers discuss the importance of lifelong learning and brain stimulation to longevity and quality of life to obtain knowledge and how the human individual develops their capabilities to obtain memory and how memory can affect human behaviors.
To understand the functional relationship between learning and memory we must first define what both learning and memory is. Learning is described as “the acquisition of knowledge or skills through experience, practice, or study, or by being taught” (Merriam-Webster, 2011). While “Memory is the means by which we draw on our past experiences in order to use this information in the present” (Sternberg, 1999). Therefore, as one can tell memory is essential to all of our lives. Without a memory of the past, we cannot operate in the present or think about the future. We would not be able to remember what we did yesterday, what we have done today or what we plan to do tomorrow. Without memory, we could not learn anything.
Learning and Memory are linked to cognitive abilities in both humans and animals. A well-known
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