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Memory and Learning

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Not everything that an animal needs to know in order to survive can be stored in its genetic code. Instead, animals have evolved the ability to adapt their behavior in response to previous experience and to store these changes as memories. This ability to learn is one of the most remarkable capabilities evolved by nervous systems.

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Thompson, R.F., Logan, C.G. (1996). Memory and Learning. In: Greger, R., Windhorst, U. (eds) Comprehensive Human Physiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60946-6_57

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