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ML174: Barbara Oakley on Learning Like a Pro, Uncommon Sense Teaching and The Value of Procedural Learning

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The Second System of Learning Is Declarative Learning

Psychologists have known that there are two systems for learning, and in neuro scientists, but neuro scientists are really bringing this to the fore. The first system of learning is declarative learning - you're kind of conscious of it. But the other system oflearning is through the basil ganglia. It's like this black box that's kind of mysterious and a little bit spooky, almost,. Because you can know what goes into that box, you know what comes out of that box, but you have no idea how that box is learning.

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