Department of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland.
Annu Rev Neurosci. 2012;35:391-416. doi: 10.1146/annurev-neuro-060909-152832.
The ability of the human brain to learn is exceptional. Yet, learning is typically quite specific to the exact task used during training, a limiting factor for practical applications such as rehabilitation, workforce training, or education. The possibility of identifying training regimens that have a broad enough impact to transfer to a variety of tasks is thus highly appealing. This work reviews how complex training environments such as action video game play may actually foster brain plasticity and learning. This enhanced learning capacity, termed learning to learn, is considered in light of its computational requirements and putative neural mechanisms.
人类大脑的学习能力是卓越的。然而，学习通常非常特定于训练中使用的精确任务，这对于康复、劳动力培训或教育等实际应用来说是一个限制因素。因此，确定具有足够广泛影响的训练方案以转移到各种任务的可能性非常吸引人。这项工作回顾了复杂的训练环境（例如动作视频游戏）如何实际促进大脑的可塑性和学习。这种增强的学习能力，称为学习如何学习，考虑到了它的计算要求和假设的神经机制。
