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▎Editor of WuXi AppTec's content team "Any educator knows that it is not the purpose of education to remember what information is received in school," said Professor André Fenton, a neuroscientist at New York University.
To store information, but to "learn to learn" through correct cognitive training, so that we are more adaptable, more focused, and smarter
.
"Image source: 123RF is more demanding than storing and retrieving memory, "learning to learn" The brain can use past experience in new ways on the basis of memory
.
So, how to make the brain learn to learn? In a new research paper published in the journal Nature, Professor Fenton and his colleagues explored this issue
.
Through experiments on mice, researchers have shown that cognitive training with the design goal of "focusing on the focus and reducing distractions" can help the brain enhance its information processing capabilities and promote the ability to learn new tasks in a new environment
.
In this study, scientists gave mice cognitive control training (cognitive control training) in cognitive behavioral therapy
.
They allowed the mice to walk freely on a rotating platform, but certain areas on the platform would give the mice a slight electric shock
.
In order to avoid the electric shock, the mice had to remember some clues representing the location of the electric shock from what they saw around
.
The mice in the control group only need to practice remembering the specific shock area on a fixed table
.
The researchers pointed out that the role of the rotating table is very important, allowing mice to learn to pay attention to key information and ignore interference
.
Because the table is constantly rotating, some visual information is an interference option for mice, and it will not help to remember it-think about the story of "carving a boat for a sword"
.
▲Mice that have undergone cognitive control training (CCT) on the turntable learn to use new cues more quickly in a new environment (picture source: reference [1]) Next, the researchers examined these through a series of cognitive tests The learning ability of mice in a variety of new environments
.
Compared to their peers who have not been trained at all and have not been "distracted" by the interference option on the rotating table, the mice that have undergone cognitive control training have better performance in learning new cognitive tasks, and have been trained Continue to have an advantage in the next few weeks
.
▲Mice that have undergone cognitive control training (CCT) have better learning capabilities in new tasks that require cognition (picture source: reference [1]) why cognitive control training can help mice’s brains learn to learn The ability? In subsequent experiments, the researchers started with the hippocampus, the memory and navigation center of the brain, and measured the information processing function of the mouse hippocampal neural circuits
.
Analysis shows that cognitive control training quickly optimizes the function of hippocampal neural circuits, and the overall signal-to-noise ratio is strengthened, allowing mice to use relevant information and ignore interference information when avoiding electric shocks
.
These results support the improvement effect of cognitive control training on the brain from a neurobiological point of view
.
Professor Fenton concluded: "Two hours of cognitive control training allowed mice to learn to learn, and this learning was accompanied by optimization of the neural circuits used for memory in the brain
.
As a result, the brain can be more effective for a long time.
To suppress the input of irrelevant information, and continue to enhance the input of important information
.
"Reference: [1] Ain Chung et al.
, (2021) Cognitive control persistently enhances hippocampal information processing.
Nature Doi: https://doi.
org/10.
1038/s41586-021-04070-5[2] How do we learn to learn? New research offers an education.
Retrieved Nov.
11, 2021 from https://
To store information, but to "learn to learn" through correct cognitive training, so that we are more adaptable, more focused, and smarter
.
"Image source: 123RF is more demanding than storing and retrieving memory, "learning to learn" The brain can use past experience in new ways on the basis of memory
.
So, how to make the brain learn to learn? In a new research paper published in the journal Nature, Professor Fenton and his colleagues explored this issue
.
Through experiments on mice, researchers have shown that cognitive training with the design goal of "focusing on the focus and reducing distractions" can help the brain enhance its information processing capabilities and promote the ability to learn new tasks in a new environment
.
In this study, scientists gave mice cognitive control training (cognitive control training) in cognitive behavioral therapy
.
They allowed the mice to walk freely on a rotating platform, but certain areas on the platform would give the mice a slight electric shock
.
In order to avoid the electric shock, the mice had to remember some clues representing the location of the electric shock from what they saw around
.
The mice in the control group only need to practice remembering the specific shock area on a fixed table
.
The researchers pointed out that the role of the rotating table is very important, allowing mice to learn to pay attention to key information and ignore interference
.
Because the table is constantly rotating, some visual information is an interference option for mice, and it will not help to remember it-think about the story of "carving a boat for a sword"
.
▲Mice that have undergone cognitive control training (CCT) on the turntable learn to use new cues more quickly in a new environment (picture source: reference [1]) Next, the researchers examined these through a series of cognitive tests The learning ability of mice in a variety of new environments
.
Compared to their peers who have not been trained at all and have not been "distracted" by the interference option on the rotating table, the mice that have undergone cognitive control training have better performance in learning new cognitive tasks, and have been trained Continue to have an advantage in the next few weeks
.
▲Mice that have undergone cognitive control training (CCT) have better learning capabilities in new tasks that require cognition (picture source: reference [1]) why cognitive control training can help mice’s brains learn to learn The ability? In subsequent experiments, the researchers started with the hippocampus, the memory and navigation center of the brain, and measured the information processing function of the mouse hippocampal neural circuits
.
Analysis shows that cognitive control training quickly optimizes the function of hippocampal neural circuits, and the overall signal-to-noise ratio is strengthened, allowing mice to use relevant information and ignore interference information when avoiding electric shocks
.
These results support the improvement effect of cognitive control training on the brain from a neurobiological point of view
.
Professor Fenton concluded: "Two hours of cognitive control training allowed mice to learn to learn, and this learning was accompanied by optimization of the neural circuits used for memory in the brain
.
As a result, the brain can be more effective for a long time.
To suppress the input of irrelevant information, and continue to enhance the input of important information
.
"Reference: [1] Ain Chung et al.
, (2021) Cognitive control persistently enhances hippocampal information processing.
Nature Doi: https://doi.
org/10.
1038/s41586-021-04070-5[2] How do we learn to learn? New research offers an education.
Retrieved Nov.
11, 2021 from https://
