Learning And Memory Essay

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Learning and Memory
Introduction:
Learning and memory are two topics that have held the attention of researchers for centuries. This is most likely due to the fact that they are integral to our survival, yet are unconscious processes that we take for granted every day.
Learning is defined as relative, permanent change that occurs in an organism’s behavior caused by the influence of its environment. Theories of learning have changed over the years to incorporate more of the complex structural and functional processes behind learning, yet we are still not completely clear on how learning occurs as a whole. Learning is of the following types: Simple learning (habituation, sensitization), Associative learning (classical, operant, aversion) and Complex (imprinting, latent, vicarious)
Memory is the process of acquiring, storing and retrieving information. Memories sub-consciously influence the way we perceive novel situations in our environment as well as how we interpret future events. Memory is of the following types: Immediate, Short term, Long term and Specific
This paper attempts to analyze some aspects of learning and memory as studied by researchers and understand these concepts via are own minor experimental research.
What is the topic about?
Memories are formed through learning experiences and learning occurs using mental frameworks that are stored in memory. Without memory we would not be able to retain information, without which learning would not be possible. Hence we can say that learning and memory are highly interlinked concepts.
In some rare cases, learning persists even though some aspects of memory is lost. Clive Wearing, an amnesiac, lost the ability to form and recall long term or short term memory. However his abi...

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... identical and occurred consecutively.
Subjects from group B and C on the other hand only managed to score a 5-8 score in the test as, there were many commissions as well as omissions.
In the 2 back tests, subjects from group A managed to get scores between 7 and 9.
On the other hand, people from group B and C secured scores ranging from 0-4.
Conclusion: Subjects who had years of practice in playing chess have better visual working memory as compared to people who do not play chess. The hypothesis is accepted.
Discussion
From our study we realized that players in group b had the same working memory as player s in group c. And what we would have liked to do further is try n figure out how long a person has to play chess before a significant difference occurs.
Limitations of our study:
By testing chess players we tested only a small aspect of visual working memory.

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