Learning is fundamentally the changing of synaptic connections

Evidence

Rosenblatt was inspired by the late-1940s work of Canadian neuropsychologist Donald Hebb; see Hebb, The Organization of Behavior. Hebb’s view, famously summarized as “cells that fire together wire together,” noted that the actual connections between neurons varied from one person to another and appeared to change as a function of experience. Learning, therefore, in some fundamental sense was the changing of these connections. — Brian Christian, The Alignment Problem, 1485

Categorization

• DEFINE: Crisply defines Hebbian learning as a definitional anchor — connects memorably to the phrase ‘cells that fire together wire together.’
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Brian Christian, The Alignment Problem, 1485
• XREF: connects to: Meditation changes brain structure by increasing gray matter in key regions. — Dan Harris, 10 percent Happier, 885; Reactivated fear memories become labile and must be re-stabilized by new protein synthesis — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 10227; Most behavioral coding is acquired unconsciously during childhood socialization

Broader Connections

• Meditation changes brain structure by increasing gray matter in key regions. #exemplifies (0.85) — Dan Harris, 10 percent Happier, 885
• Most behavioral coding is acquired unconsciously during childhood socialization #expands (0.75)