Learning in the developing mind and brain: understanding memory systems and environmental influences

在发育中的心智和大脑中学习：理解记忆系统和环境影响

• 批准号: RGPIN-2016-05600
• 负责人: Finn, Amy
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: University of Toronto
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=631287
• 关键词: Learning; developing; mind; brain; understanding

The long-term goal of the proposed research is to understand how the slow, asynchronous but highly orchestrated development of neural systems limits and enables learning and memory. This question is fundamental to understanding the nature of learning during childhood and to knowing why there are age-related limits on learning (i.e., sensitive periods). Two short-term objects are proposed. Objective 1 is to characterize how the interplay between memory systems changes with cognitive and brain development, asking first if there are asynchronies in the development of classic memory systems and their component processes (gating information into and out of memory), and second if the interplay between systems changes with development. Objective 2 is to understand which patterns of cognitive and neural development are associated with the best outcomes in learning and memory and how this is shaped by the environment.

这项拟议研究的长期目标是了解神经系统缓慢、不同步但高度协调的发展如何限制并使学习和记忆成为可能。这个问题对于理解儿童时期学习的性质和了解为什么有与年龄有关的学习限制(即敏感期)至关重要。提出了两个短期目标。目标1是描述记忆系统之间的相互作用是如何随着认知和大脑发育而变化的，首先询问在经典记忆系统及其组成部分的发展过程中是否存在异步(将信息输入和输出记忆)，其次系统之间的相互作用是否随着发展而改变。目标2是了解哪些认知和神经发育模式与学习和记忆的最佳结果有关，以及环境是如何塑造这种结果的。