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Martin Lövdén1, Isabelle Hansson2, Toms Voits2
1Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. martin.lovden@psy.gu.se.
Abstract:
Learning is central across many disciplines, yet its definition remains fragmented, hindering theoretical progress and cross-disciplinary communication. We review debates on the definition of learning and propose a unifying, umbrella, definition: learning is a system's processing of information from its environment, resulting in a change of system properties that alter its behavioral potential and reactions to this information. This formulation supports interdisciplinary dialogue while allowing discipline-specific operationalizations.
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