UC-San Francisco: Brain May Learn More From Rare Events Than From Repetition
February 18, 2026
February 18, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 18 (TNSjou) -- The University of California San Francisco campus issued the following news release:
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The Brain May Learn More from Rare Events than from Repetition
UCSF research upends 100-year-old assumption about Pavlov's dog and associative learning.
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More than a century ago, Pavlov trained his dog to associate the sound of a bell with food. Ever since, scientists assumed the dog learne . . .
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The Brain May Learn More from Rare Events than from Repetition
UCSF research upends 100-year-old assumption about Pavlov's dog and associative learning.
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More than a century ago, Pavlov trained his dog to associate the sound of a bell with food. Ever since, scientists assumed the dog learne . . .