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The question of what constitutes learning has intrigued scholars for centuries, and today there are many, and varied, opinions about just what learning is. Scholars also have different ideas about the catalysts for learning, the conditions that must be met in order for learning to occur, and the criteria by which we may judge that learning has happened. Despite the variability in opinion, most scholars agree that learning involves acquiring new (or modifying existing) knowledge, behavior, skills, attitudes, or values. At its most fundamental level, then, learning is change. Theories of learning, for the most part put forth by educational psychologists, offer us simple, succinct descriptions of what learning is, what the change actually entails, and how it happens. In this section, we describe four common learning theories, and we offer a perspective on learning from neuroscience.