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Gloria G. Parras; José M. Delgado-García; Juan Carlos López-Ramos; Agnès Gruart; Rocío Leal-Campanario – npj Science of Learning, 2024
Learning is a functional state of the brain that should be understood as a continuous process, rather than being restricted to the very moment of its acquisition, storage, or retrieval. The cerebellum operates by comparing predicted states with actual states, learning from errors, and updating its internal representation to minimize errors. In…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Animals, Responses, Classical Conditioning
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Sandler, Adrian – Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2005
Recent clinical trials of secretin in children with autism showed robust placebo effects and no benefit of secretin over placebo. This article explores the reasons for the observed placebo effects, focusing on the heightening of positive expectancy by media attention and by the sensory experiences associated with intravenous injections.…
Descriptors: Research Design, Autism, Hyperactivity, Developmental Disabilities