Investigating the mechanism of learning, memory formation and defects in humans

Yueping Wang

doi:10.1117/12.2692348

7 September 2023 Investigating the mechanism of learning, memory formation and defects in humans

Yueping Wang

Proceedings Volume 12789, International Conference on Modern Medicine and Global Health (ICMMGH 2023); 127890U (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2692348
Event: International Conference on Modern Medicine and Global Health (ICMMGH 2023), 2023, Oxford, United Kingdom

Abstract

Learning memory is essential for everyday living of humans. Activities taking place in different areas of the human brain including the frontal, parietal, temporal and occipital lobe give rise to learning, memory encoding, processing and retrieval. Publicly available databases, including PubMed and Scopus were searched for relevant articles using relevant keywords, such as memory, memory defects, learning. Learning is the process of acquiring information through experience and memory is related to the reservation and storing of memory in to one’s brain. The two major categories of learning are associative and non-associative learning. Memory consists of 3 parts, sensory memory, short-term memory and long-term memory. All these takes parts in the learning cycle with the process of gathering, reflection, creating and testing. Memory retrieval can be affected by various factors such as time and memory type. Also, problems in retrieval can be caused by diseases such as dementia. Some of the diseases can be cured while others still lack an effective radical cure. This review provides a classification about learning and memory together with its mechanisms and related disorders. While our knowledge of memory encoding, processing and retrieval has been expanded significantly over the past few decades, more research is required to understand the mechanism of memory formation to find treatment for diseases associated with learning and memory.

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Yueping Wang "Investigating the mechanism of learning, memory formation and defects in humans", Proc. SPIE 12789, International Conference on Modern Medicine and Global Health (ICMMGH 2023), 127890U (7 September 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2692348

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