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An Introduction to Learning and Memory
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2023
Learning is the process of acquiring new information and memory is the retention or storage of that information. Different types of learning, such as non-associative and associative learning, and different types of memory, such as long-term and short-term memory, have been associated with human behaviors. Studying these components in detail helps behavioral scientists understand the neural mechanisms behind these two complex phenomena. JoVE's overview on learning and memory introduces common...
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Assessing Spatial Learning and Memory in Small Squamate Reptiles
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2017
This paper describes a modification of the Barnes maze, a standard rodent paradigm used to assess spatial memory and learning, for use in small squamate reptiles.
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Learning and Memory: The Remember-Know Task
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2023
Source: Laboratories of Jonas T. Kaplan and Sarah I. Gimbel—University of Southern California Our experience of memory is varied and complex. Sometimes we remember events in vivid detail, while other times we may only have a vague sense of familiarity. Memory researchers have made a distinction between memories that are recollected versus those that are familiar. A recollected item is one that is not only remembered, but carries with it details of the time at which it was learned or encoded.
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Drosophila Courtship Conditioning As a Measure of Learning and Memory
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2017
This protocol describes a Drosophila learning and memory assay called courtship conditioning. This classic assay is based on a reduction of male courtship behavior after sexual rejection by a non-receptive premated female. This natural form of behavioral plasticity can be used to test learning, short-term memory, and long-term memory.
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Assessing Working Memory in Children: The Comprehensive Assessment Battery for Children – Working Memory (CABC-WM)
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2017
Working memory predicts a significant amount of variance for a variety of cognitive tasks, including speaking, reading, and writing. However, few tools are available to assess working memory in children. We present an innovative, computer-based battery that comprehensively assesses different components of working memory in school-age children.
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Researchers distinguish these stages by varying when and how information is tested. Performance during initial acquisition reflects encoding, results after a delay provide evidence about retention, and recall or recognition tasks evaluate retrieval. Comparing these task demands helps determine whether an observed difference is associated mainly with forming information, maintaining it, or accessing it later.
Accuracy indicates how often information is correctly learned or retrieved, whereas response time shows how quickly a participant produces a response. Learning rate captures change in performance across acquisition, revealing how efficiently information is gained. Considering these measures together can distinguish overall success from the speed or efficiency of the underlying learning process.
Standardized designs keep task conditions consistent, making performance differences easier to attribute to the cognitive process being studied rather than to avoidable variation. Appropriate controls provide a comparison point for the experimental condition. Together, these features strengthen interpretation and improve reproducibility when researchers examine memory across participants, models, conditions, or interventions.
A useful assessment compares performance across tasks that place different demands on memory. One task may emphasize acquiring new information, another may test performance after a delay, and another may require recall or recognition. Comparing accuracy, response time, and learning rate across these conditions gives researchers a structured way to examine distinct stages of memory processing.
The approach can be applied to healthy participants, animal models, and people with neurological disorders. It also supports investigations of aging and injury by allowing performance to be measured systematically across relevant groups. Using comparable task designs and outcome measures helps researchers identify how learning and memory differ across populations or experimental conditions.
Neuroscientists use performance patterns to investigate brain circuits associated with learning and memory and to characterize changes linked to aging, injury, or neurological disorders. The same assessments can also support studies of therapeutic interventions by providing measurable outcomes. Differences in acquisition, delayed performance, recall, or recognition can indicate which memory-related processes are affected.