Learning, memory and neuroplasticity

Abstract

We focus on the current concepts and researches in neuroscience related with cognition, learning, memory and neuroplasticity to understand better the processes of teaching and learning, how to teach and to optimize this process.
Nowadays, neuroscience studies show that the learning process not only involves a change in the behavioral level, but also involves changes in the cognitive and anatomic-physiological level of the nervous system. Moreover, learning requires memorizing, which is the process by which acquired knowledge is encoded, stored and made available for reuse at the right moment. These processes are based in neural networks or cognitions: the current paradigm of memory. On the other hand, taking about neuroplasticity is to clearly understand the brain intrinsic process, which develops due to daily stimulation and the experiences accumulated through life. Neuroplasticity is a process of constant adaptation, through which neurons manage to increase their connections with the other neurons in a stable way, as a result of experience, learning, sensory and cognitive stimulation.