How do our learning process begin? Explain with an example.

Our learning process begins with the help of Neurons (nerve cells) which are the fundamental units of the brain and the nervous system. The nerve cells or neurons are responsible for receiving sensory input from the external world. Thereafter, they transmit the information into electrical signals and share these impulses with the different areas of the brain. Based on the strength of these signals (i.e., either increases or decreases), our learning begins.

Example — If a picture of a ball is shown to a child for the first time and taught that it is a ball, then he or she would always identify the same picture as a ball through a pattern which gets registered in his or her brain. Once trained, the child is capable of identifying similar objects when shown again. This is how the child begins to learn.