Learning ability improvement

Self-learning abilities and habits involving adaptive competence, scholarly concern for improvement, and motivation for continued learning. 

Learning is a cortical function and in the series of experiments aiming to test the effect of (-)-BPAP on cortical neurons we trained the rats with 20 trials per day in order to have a chance to detect the drug-induced improvement in learning ability. 

Gamoh S, Hashimoto M, Sugioka K, Ilossain MS, Hata N, Misawa Y, et al. Chronic administration of docosahexaenoic acid improves reference memory-related learning ability in young rats. Neuroscience 1999 93 237-241. 

Haque, A. M., Hashimoto, M., Katakura, M., Tanabe, Y, Hara, Y, and Shido, O. 2006. Long-term administration of green tea catechins improves spatial cognition learning ability in rats. J. Nutr. 136 1043-47. 

It has been shown that administration of theanine has a significant effect on the release or reduction of neurotransmitters like dopamine and serotonin. It is also known that these neurotransmitters are closely related to memory and learning ability. Theanine does not change activity level or exploration behavior in normal animals. However, it does improve performance on a number of tests of memory and learning, including the active avoidance test and passive avoidance test. ... 

Recently, it was found that the intake of DHA effectively enhances maze-learning ability and brain functions in old mice rather than in young mice [59]. This study suggests that DHA is an important component for maintaining and improving brain functions in aged animals. Moreover, dietary supplement with DHA has provided evidence of its cardiovascular protective effects and its ability to lower blood pressure [60]. The mechanisms leading to these protective effects remain unclear. 

Sleep improves a person s ability to learn repetitive skills, such as riding a bike or typing. Improvements in learning are connected to REM sleep. When the subjects are deprived on REM sleep, their learning ability is impaired. Canadian researchers compared the performance of students cramming for an examination without sleep with classmates who slept after studying. The students who slept retained more information. Sleep is a time when the brain can rehearse recently learned material, says James D. Walsh, Ph.D., Director of St. Luke s Hospital Sleep Medicine and Research Center. If you re sleep-deprived, you ll remember less of newly presented information. ... 

The need for learning techniques and methods in the area of multi-agent systems in order to equip multi-agent sj tems with learning abilities to allow agents to automatically improve their behaviour. 

Yen TT. Improvement of learning ability in mice and rats with the root extract of Ding Lang (Policias liuticosum L.). Acta Physiol Hung 1990 75 69 76. 

In recent decades, computer scientists have tried to provide computers with the ability to learn. This area of research was summarized under the umbrella term "machine learning . Today machine learning is defined as "the study of computer algorithms that improve automatically through experience [1]. 

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