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Learning. Quantifying Learning Beyond Exams…. Principles of Neural Science ( Kandel ): Chapter 63. Terms used to quantify learning in animal models:. Habituation - animal is less reactive to an external stimulus Sensitization - animal is more reactive to an external stimulus
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Quantifying Learning Beyond Exams….. Principles of Neural Science (Kandel): Chapter 63
Terms used to quantify learning in animal models: • Habituation- animal is less reactive to an external stimulus • Sensitization- animal is more reactive to an external stimulus • Conditioning (albeit it classical or operant)- behavioral or physiological events are reinforced by pairing two external stimuli that are inherently mutually exclusive (bell and food)
Neuronal Identifications of Sensitization (Short-Term, Cytoplasmic)
Neuronal Identifications of Sensitization (Long-Term, Nuclear)
LTP vs LTD in the hippocampus LTP: long-term potentiation LTD: long-term depression
LTP vs. LTD is dependent on the number of connections and successful transmissions
This results in a change in the intensity of neuronal firing, pre-synaptically