Learning, remembering and forgetting
Lecture 1: learning about repeated single events
1. Define the terms ‘learning’ and ‘memory’.
2. Define and describe the processes of habituation and sensitization.
3. Describe the behavioral responses used to study habituation and sensitization.
4. Identify factors that influence the rate and duration of habituation and sensitization.
5. Explain the dual process theory of habituation and sensitization.
6. Explain the Opponent Process theory of habituation.
7. Explain the comparator model of habituation.
8. Describe different types of perceptual learning (mere exposure, discrimination training).
9. Describe three different theories explaining perceptual learning.
10. Define spatial learning, describe different types of spatial learning and ways to test which of
these are used in a specific setting.
11. Explain the concept of priming.
12. Recognize the processes of habituation, sensitization, and perceptual learning in everyday-life
examples.
13. Describe how the invertebrate nervous system (Aplysia) habituates and sensitizes.
14. Describe the organization of the visual, auditory, and somatosensory cortices.
15. Describe how perceptual learning is processed in the cortex.
16. Describe the cortical changes that occur as a result of mere exposure and training.
17. Describe Hebbian learning as it relates to cortical plasticity.
18. Explain the role of the hippocampus in spatial learning, including the role of place cells.
19. Describe and explain clinical perspectives related to habituation and perceptual learning, such as
disorders of the visual and auditory system.
Lecture 1: learning about repeated single events
1. Define the terms ‘learning’ and ‘memory’.
2. Define and describe the processes of habituation and sensitization.
3. Describe the behavioral responses used to study habituation and sensitization.
4. Identify factors that influence the rate and duration of habituation and sensitization.
5. Explain the dual process theory of habituation and sensitization.
6. Explain the Opponent Process theory of habituation.
7. Explain the comparator model of habituation.
8. Describe different types of perceptual learning (mere exposure, discrimination training).
9. Describe three different theories explaining perceptual learning.
10. Define spatial learning, describe different types of spatial learning and ways to test which of
these are used in a specific setting.
11. Explain the concept of priming.
12. Recognize the processes of habituation, sensitization, and perceptual learning in everyday-life
examples.
13. Describe how the invertebrate nervous system (Aplysia) habituates and sensitizes.
14. Describe the organization of the visual, auditory, and somatosensory cortices.
15. Describe how perceptual learning is processed in the cortex.
16. Describe the cortical changes that occur as a result of mere exposure and training.
17. Describe Hebbian learning as it relates to cortical plasticity.
18. Explain the role of the hippocampus in spatial learning, including the role of place cells.
19. Describe and explain clinical perspectives related to habituation and perceptual learning, such as
disorders of the visual and auditory system.
