Learning abilities

Neurofuzzy eontrol eombines the mapping and learning ability of an artifieial neural network with the linguistie and fuzzy inferenee advantages of fuzzy logie. Thus... 

At low doses, ketamine may result in impairment of attention, learning ability, and memory, and at high doses it has been associated with delirium, amnesia, impaired motor function, hypertension, depression, and respiratory depression (Krystal et al. 1994). Another mechanism of action appears to be a blocking of the reuptake of catecholamines. This effect leads to an increase in heart rate and blood pressure (Reich and Silvay 1989). 

Van Gelder, G.A. and Cunningham, W.L. (1975). The effects of low level dieldrin exposure on the EEG and learning ability of the squirrel monkey. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 33, 142, Abstract No. 50. 

Rodrigues ALS, Rubin MA, Souza DO, et al. 1993. Lead exposure and latent learning ability of adult female rats. Behav Neural Biol 60 274-279. 

Developmentally, thyroid hormones interact with sex hormones such that hypothyroidism prolongs the critical period for testosterone-induced defeminization (see below) [3] in contrast, the hyperthyroid state prematurely terminates the sensitivity to testosterone [3]. Undoubtedly, an important link in these and other effects is synapse formation. Hypothyroidism increases synaptic density, at least transiently [3]. Interesting parallels with synapse formation are reported for learning behavior in rats neonatal hypothyroidism impairs learning ability, whereas hyperthyroidism accelerates learning initially, followed by a decline later in life [3]. 

Rat 0.15-1.0 mg/L in drinking water Dams consuming contaminated water throughout 21-day gestation produced pups with decreased learning ability at age 11 days 6... 

Measurement of learning ability and cognitive function in rats... 

This capacity to build is inherent in its employees who are specifically recruited for what Infosys labels as learnability. An Infosys word that is both noun and verb, learnability represents the ability of an individual to derive generic conclusions from specific situations and then to apply them to new unstructured situations. Thus, while employees at most firms may be proud of their learning ability, Infoscions are proud of their learnability. 

Hashimoto M., Hossain S., Shimada T., Sugioka K., Yamasaki H., Fujii Y., Ishibashi Y., Oka J. I., and Shido O. (2002). Docosahexaenoic acid provides protection from impairment of learning ability in Alzheimer s disease model rats. J. Neurochem. 81 1084-1091. 

They have also sometimes been found useful for the treatment of ADHD, a condition that interferes with the learning ability of affected individuals. Millions of children have been diagnosed as having ADHD. Many of those children and increasing numbers of adults are treated with amphetamine-like drugs such as Ritalin and Cylert. The generic name for those amphetamine-like drugs is methylphenidate. Some children with ADHD do not respond to the various forms of methylphenidate and are placed on amphetamines instead. 

G. Gianutsos and E.R. Abbatiello, The effect of pre-natal Cannabis Sativa on maze learning ability in the rat, Psychopharmacologia, 27 (1972) 117-222. 

V. Bernuzzi, D. Desor and P. Lehr, Development and learning abilities of rats prenatally intoxicated with aluminum, Neurosci. Lett., Suppl. 26,... 

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