Learning and memory

Learning is defined as a process involving change. Indeed, during learning, physiological transformations occur in the brain, under the effect of knowledge and experiences. These transformations are at the root of the mental aptitudes of learning, memorization and knowledge.

Thus, the more synapses (connections between neurons) are activated, the more efficient they are to transmit and process information; and conversely, the less they are used, the less efficient they are.

Memory, on the other hand, allows the recording, storage and retrieval of information captured by the brain. Memory is in a sense the trace of learning.

The memorization process is divided into 4 phases:

• Sensory memory: it corresponds to the phase during which the brain analyzes the information captured by the 5 senses (sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste).
• Short-term memory: arising from the sensory memory, it allows to temporarily record the information of the current life.
• Long-term memory: allows you to group and store the information you have learned.
• Recall of information: this phase corresponds to the restitution and the re-use of the stored information.

Source: Lescuyer Laboratory