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Learning and memory are inextricable

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2024

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Sue Llewellyn*
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University of Manchester, Manchester, UK [email protected] https://www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/
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Abstract

The authors' aim is to build “more biologically plausible learning algorithms” that work in naturalistic environments. Given that, first, human learning and memory are inextricable, and, second, that much human learning is unconscious, can the authors' first research question of how people improve their learning abilities over time be answered without addressing these two issues? I argue that it cannot.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 47 , 2024 , e153
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