"Experience is a dear teacher," Benjamin Franklin once said, "but a fool will learn from no other."

All but the simplest creatures can learn from the environment, thereby improving their ability to find food, shelter, and avoid predators. Here we explore learning from various perspectives, including operant conditioning, learning from observation, and some mechanisms that may underlie our ability to learn.

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