Memory defines the capacity of storing, retrieving, and acting on that knowledge. Learning also strengthens the brain by building new pathways and increasing connections that we can rely on when we want to learn more. Definitions that are more complex add words such as comprehension and mastery through experience or study. Physiologically, learning is the formation of cell assemblies and phase sequences. Children learn by building these assemblies and sequences.
Adults spend more time making new arrangements than forming new sequences.
Our experience and background allow us to learn new concepts. We must access higher brain functions to generate the much-needed energy and unbind the old. Remarkably, people can learn from the moment of birth. Learning can and should be a lifelong process. Learning shouldn t be defined by what happened early in life, only at school.