Category Learning Basics

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The articles under this category will present the basics of learning. Because ” I am deeply convinced that one cannot properly teach without possessing, implicit or explicit, a mental model of what is going on in the minds of the learner … There are therefore fundamental principles that any teacher must respect in order to be most effective.” Stanislas Dehaene.

The basics of learning are crucial also in order to create efficient trainings. The trainer is the teacher. If we don’t understand how the learning process takes place in the brain we cannot train effectively.

The articles from this category will present the basic factors and principles for learning:
– what is learning and how it happens in the brain, the definitions of learning from science perspectives: neuroscience and cognitive science
– types of learning
– types of memories
– the factors that contribute to learning and memory formation
– Attention
– Practice
– Sleep
– Repetition
– Consolidation
– Corective Feedback