Questions tagged [learning]
This tag is not for asking questions about "learning biology". Learning is acquiring new or modifying existing knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, or preferences and may involve synthesizing different types of information. It can be broken down to acquiring or modifying the reaction to the external input on its repetitive presentation.
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Should soundscape ecology be a component of STEM education? [closed]
I'd like to see soundscape ecology be included in STEM education. I realize there is so much to teach and so little time, but think that primary and secondary students would be highly motivated and ...
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Do spiders learn how to build webs?
Concerning spiders, is there any research on whether web-building is an inherited behavior, or if it must be observed and learned? e.g. Has anyone hatched spider eggs in isolation and observed whether ...
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Alternative hypothesis for learning in brain beyond the hebbian rule
I was reading on wikipedia that there are exceptions to the hebbian rule, and I was curious about the possibilities of other hypotheses of how learning occur in the brain. So I would like to know: ...
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How do beavers learn how to build dams?
I was wondering whether all beavers, from all around the world, know how to build dams and lodges? Do they need to learn it from their parents? If you release a group of beavers in the wild that haven'...
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A question concerning the strength of synapses
Synaptic strength can be defined »as the average amount of current or voltage excursion produced in the postsynaptic neuron by an action potential in the presynaptic neuron« Synaptic strengths and ...
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Long-term potentiations that last for a lifetime
One reads more often than not that long-term potentiation has been reported to last for as long as several weeks LTP is persistent, lasting from several minutes to many months and most sources seem to ...
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Why doesn't evolution converge on perfection? [duplicate]
I got to know about an organism called "Tardigrade(water bear)" which is an extremely hardy organism and can survive in most conditions. My question is that if the aim of life in general is to ...
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Will daily sweeped ants eventually learn their path is a dead-end?
An ant colony (likely Lasius niger) made its way through one of our rooms, literally. That is, they enter by a door and leave by the other, and vice versa. Some carry eggs, but in both ways, so I'm ...
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Why do we develop addiction? [duplicate]
Recently, while on the train, I saw a person not holding the handrails on purpose. He decided that playing a game with no outcome whatsoever was more important than his safety. In fact, he bumped into ...
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Is there a link between brain's energy consumption and human experience?
I was read the article (in Scientific American Mind) about energy consumption of brain. There are: Say you are learning a new skill—how to juggle or speak Spanish. Neuroscientists have made the ...
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Neuroscience and learning of a single neuron [closed]
Can you teach an alphabet to a neuron? If yes, how? How does a neuron 'learn' new information, do all individuals learns similarly ?
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Why don't intelligent animals like primates use plastic bags? [duplicate]
I'll be honest here. Although this is a serious question, what made me wonder about it is this comic from Wumo: This question is not specific to monkeys. It applies to animals that live with or ...
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More general term than "adaptation"
The Wikipedia article about adaptation states: Adaptation differs from flexibility, acclimatization, and learning. What is a more general term than adaptation? For example, is there an umbrella term ...
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Learn biology without experimentations [closed]
I'm a high school student in a third-world country (Algeria). My problem is with the way we are been taught biology. It's all about memorizing facts and procedures from a textbook without any ...
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How fast animals habituate to wearing shoes
You probably have seen hilarious videos of dogs wearing shoes for the first time. Animals usually very uncomfortable and try to "shake it off", as they seem to consider shoes be some sort of sticky ...
