Cognition and Learning

2013 ◽  
pp. 23-54
Keyword(s):  
Cognition And Learning

scholarly journals Different Impact of Perceptual Fluency and Schema Congruency on Sustainable Learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 7040
Author(s):  
Beat Meier ◽  
Michèle C. Muhmenthaler
Keyword(s):  
Recognition Memory ◽  
Cognitive Conflict ◽  
Test Phase ◽  
Perceptual Fluency ◽  
Study Phase ◽  
Desirable Difficulties ◽  
Design Learning ◽  
Cognition And Learning ◽  
Incorrect Information

Perceptual fluency, that is, the ease with which people perceive information, has diverse effects on cognition and learning. For example, when judging the truth of plausible but incorrect information, easy-to-read statements are incorrectly judged as true while difficult to read statements are not. As we better remember information that is consistent with pre-existing schemata (i.e., schema congruency), statements judged as true should be remembered better, which would suggest that fluency boosts memory. Another line of research suggests that learning information from hard-to-read statements enhances subsequent memory compared to easy-to-read statements (i.e., desirable difficulties). In the present study, we tested these possibilities in two experiments with student participants. In the study phase, they read plausible statements that were either easy or difficult to read and judged their truth. To assess the sustainability of learning, the test phase in which we tested recognition memory for these statements was delayed for 24 h. In Experiment 1, we manipulated fluency by presenting the statements in colors that made them easy or difficult to read. In Experiment 2, we manipulated fluency by presenting the statements in font types that made them easy or difficult to read. Moreover, in Experiment 2, memory was tested either immediately or after a 24 h delay. In both experiments, the results showed a consistent effect of schema congruency, but perceptual fluency did not affect sustainable learning. However, in the immediate test of Experiment 2, perceptual fluency enhanced memory for schema-incongruent materials. Thus, perceptual fluency can boost initial memory for schema-incongruent memory most likely due to short-lived perceptual traces, which are cropped during consolidation, but does not boost sustainable learning. We discuss these results in relation to research on the role of desirable difficulties for student learning, to effects of cognitive conflict on subsequent memory, and more generally in how to design learning methods and environments in a sustainable way.

Brain development, infant communication, and empathy disorders: Intrinsic factors in child mental health

1994 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 597-633 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colwyn Trevarthen ◽  
Kenneth J. Aitken
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Brain Development ◽  
Child Mental Health ◽  
Brain Growth ◽  
Reciprocal Relations ◽  
Intrinsic Factors ◽  
Limbic Systems ◽  
Brain States ◽  
Cognition And Learning ◽  
Child's Brain

AbstractDisorders of emotion, communication, and learning in early childhood are considered in light of evidence on human brain growth from embryo stages. We cite microbehavioral evidence indicating that infants are born able to express the internal activity of their brains, including dynamic “motive states” that drive learning. Infant expressions stimulate the development of imitative and reciprocal relations with corresponding dynamic brain states of caregivers. The infant's mind must have an “innate self-with-other representation” of the inter-mind correspondence and reciprocity of feelings that can be generated with an adult.Primordial motive systems appear in subcortical and limbic systems of the embryo before the cerebral cortex. These are presumed to continue to guide the growth of a child's brain after birth. We propose that an “intrinsic motive formation” is assembled prenatally and is ready at birth to share emotion with caregivers for regulation of the child's cortical development, on which cultural cognition and learning depend.The intrinsic potentiality for “intersubjectivity” can be disorganized if the epigenetic program for the infant's brain fails. Indeed, many psychological disorders of childhood can be traced to faults in early stages of brain development when core motive systems form.

scholarly journals A Narrative Review of School-Based Physical Activity for Enhancing Cognition and Learning: The Importance of Relevancy and Integration

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Myrto Foteini Mavilidi ◽  
Margina Ruiter ◽  
Mirko Schmidt ◽  
Anthony D. Okely ◽  
Sofie Loyens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Narrative Review ◽  
School Based ◽  
Cognition And Learning

scholarly journals Olfactory Learning in the Stingless Bee Melipona eburnea Friese (Apidae: Meliponini)

Insects ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marisol Amaya-Márquez ◽  
Sergio Tusso ◽  
Juan Hernández ◽  
Juan Darío Jiménez ◽  
Harrington Wells ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Unconditioned Stimulus ◽  
Stingless Bees ◽  
Olfactory Learning ◽  
Learning Performance ◽  
Taste Receptors ◽  
Proboscis Extension Reflex ◽  
Adaptive Traits ◽  
Proboscis Extension ◽  
Cognition And Learning ◽  
Plant Pollinator

Olfactory learning and floral scents are co-adaptive traits in the plant–pollinator relationship. However, how scent relates to cognition and learning in the diverse group of Neotropical stingless bees is largely unknown. Here we evaluated the ability of Melipona eburnea to be conditioned to scent using the proboscis extension reflex (PER) protocol. Stingless bees did not show PER while harnessed but were able to be PER conditioned to scent when free-to-move in a mini-cage (fmPER). We evaluated the effect of: 1) unconditioned stimulus (US) reward, and 2) previous scent–reward associations on olfactory learning performance. When using unscented-US, PER-responses were low on day 1, but using scented-US reward the olfactory PER-response increased on day 1. On day 2 PER performance greatly increased in bees that previously had experienced the same odor and reward combination, while bees that experienced a different odor on day 2 showed poor olfactory learning. Bees showed higher olfactory PER conditioning to guava than to mango odor. The effect of the unconditioned stimulus reward was not a significant factor in the model on day 2. This indicates that olfactory learning performance can increase via either taste receptors or accumulated experience with the same odor. Our results have application in agriculture and pollination ecology.

scholarly journals Formação continuada em neurociência: percepções de professores da educação básica

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 361-376
Author(s):  
Karine Ramires Lima ◽  
Luiza Freitas Lopes ◽  
Náthaly Marks ◽  
Ronan Moura Franco ◽  
Elena Maria Billig Mello ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Basic Education ◽  
Pedagogical Practice ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Pedagogical Innovation ◽  
Neural Processes ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Cognition And Learning ◽  
Eighth Edition

O conhecimento básico sobre a neurociência é importante em diversos aspectos da vida, já que permite o entendimento de processos neurais presentes em nosso dia a dia, como a cognição e a aprendizagem. Para o professor, principal mediador da construção do conhecimento na sala de aula, o conhecimento desta temática é importante para facilitar sua prática pedagógica, já que a neurociência contribui para a compreensão dos processos cognitivos e das individualidades de cada aluno. O objetivo deste estudo é relatar a percepção e o conhecimento de professores da Educação Básica do município de Uruguaiana/RS acerca da neurociência e sua importância para a educação, antes e após a realização da oitava edição do curso de formação continuada intitulado “Curso de Neurociência Aplicada à Educação”. No total, vinte e oito (28) professores participaram do curso, que abordou diferentes temas: neurociência e educação, neuroanatomia, neurofisiologia, neurobiologia da aprendizagem e memória, fatores que interferem na aprendizagem e inovação pedagógica. De acordo com a percepção dos professores, o curso ministrado foi de fundamental importância para a aquisição de novos conhecimentos sobre a neurociência, e todos concordaram que os conceitos abordados podem ser aplicados para melhorar sua prática pedagógica e seu ambiente de ensino. Palavras-chave: Aprendizagem; Ensino; Cérebro; Professor   Continuing training in neuroscience: perceptions of basic education teachers   Abstract: Basic neuroscience knowledge is important in all aspects of life, as it allows the understanding of neural processes present in our daily lives, such as cognition and learning. For the teacher, the central mediator of knowledge in the classroom, it is essential to understand this theme since it can facilitate his pedagogical practice since neuroscience teaches to understand the student through their individualities. This study aims to report the perception and knowledge of primary education teachers in Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, about neuroscience, before and after the eighth edition of the continuing education course entitled "Course of Neuroscience Applied to Education." In total, twenty-eight (28) teachers participated in the course, divided into two modules that addressed different themes: neuroscience and education, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, the neurobiology of learning and memory, factors that interfere in learning, and pedagogical innovation. According to the teachers' perception, the course taught was of fundamental importance for acquiring new knowledge about neuroscience, and everyone agreed on the possible applicability of the concepts covered to improve their pedagogical practice and their teaching environment. Keywords: Learning; Teaching; Brain; Teacher

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