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I am really curious about Learning (neuroscience and psychology) and am working on categorizing learning. The systems and tools involved. If anyone has any experience on this sort of thing I would love some feedback on what I got so far.
I am mostly trying to divide ideas into categories or subjects of learning. That can be explored separately to a degree. I have to admit it is very rough going.
Memory
-Types of Memory
Working/Short-Term Memory
Long-Term Memory
Implicit vs. Explicit / General vs. Singular
-Coding: How info is stored
Semantic Networks
Associative Networks
-Consolidation
Spaced Reptition
Mnemonics
Story
Link
Digit-Consonant
Level of Processing
Experts Memory
Attention
-Perception
-Focus
Emotion, Mood and Neural-chemicals
-Motivation and Dopamine
-Mood Dependent
-Mood Congruent
Things worth more research:
Environment
Tools/Resources
General Intelligence / Memory Skill
Forgetting
Learning Disorders / Memory Disorders
Habits
It seems like most of the things that I know about learning could probably fit into these main categories. Memory this is a very large category maybe too large probably the most meaningful part of learning. Attention which can have a major impact on what is being remember. Exterior the environment and the resources you are using to learn. Methods of learning, these are mnemonics, structured courses, and any mental process actively implemented to improve memory.
Every time I try to organize this it is different and I realize how much I still have to learn. This was the original Attention, Abstraction, and Memorization. It was wholly based off intuition but it works in a vague way depending on how you define those terms.
Here are some resources I have been using to study learning passively and actively. Not that specific or useful but I really like the encyclopedia, super useful.
-Huberman Lab Podcast
-Encyclopedia of Learning and Memory by Larry R. Squire
-Youtube
-Google
-School Library
Also sorry about it being so messy I’ll probably come back and fix it up, this is mostly me just recording my ideas.