These Creatures Have One Cell and No Brain. Scientists Just Discovered They Can Learn.

In 1897 Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov proved that animals can be trained using associative learning. A new study finds ...
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Anti-obesity drug improves associative learning in people with obesity

Obesity leads to altered energy metabolism and reduced insulin sensitivity of cells. The so-called 'anti-obesity drugs' are increasingly used to treat obesity and have caused tremendous interest, ...
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Primary school children outperform all other age groups in associative learning experiment

The ability to make the connection between an event and its consequences—experts use the term associative learning—is a crucial skill for adapting to the environment. It has a huge impact on our ...
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Associative learning: Primary school children outperform all other age groups

The ability to make the connection between an event and its consequences -- experts use the term associative learning -- is a crucial skill for adapting to the environment. It has a huge impact on our ...
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Learning Is Less "Practice Makes Perfect" and More "Timing Is Everything"

More than a century ago, Pavlov trained his dog to associate the sound of a bell with food. Ever since, scientists assumed the dog learned this through repetition: The more times the dog heard the ...