# learn (cognitive)

to change a person's condition by interacting with information so that the condition becomes like the information

- Computed level: L7 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: cognitive  ·  Arena: learn

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [interaction](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-interaction.process), [information](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-information.knowledge), [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social), [state](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-state.condition), [difference](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-difference.relation), [change](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-change.process), [condition](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-condition.state), [interacting](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-interacting.social), [like](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-like.similarity), [process](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-process.general), [become](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-become.change)

**Through:** through mutual interaction with information, a person's condition undergoes a change process that reduces its difference from the information, resulting in a state more like it

**Novel properties:**
- condition resembling information
- directed change toward likeness
- sustained reduction of difference

## Examples
- Children in a Bolivian village repeat Quechua phrases taught by elders during weekly storytelling circles. *(everyday life)*
- The MIT robot Cog adjusted its arm movements after processing visual feedback from failed reaching attempts. *(robotics)*
- After the 2008 financial crash, Icelandic lawmakers studied global banking reforms to revise national regulations. *(institutions)*

## Used by
- [interest](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-interest.psychological) (L8)
- [skill](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-skill.ability) (L20)
- [study](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-study.learning) (L11)
- [training](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-training.skill) (L22)

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