"Learning" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Relatively permanent change in behavior that is the result of past experience or practice. The concept includes the acquisition of knowledge.
| Descriptor ID |
D007858
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F02.463.425 F02.784.629.529
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| Concept/Terms |
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Learning" by people in this website by year, and whether "Learning" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2006 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2010 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2011 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2013 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2014 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2015 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2016 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2017 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 2018 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2019 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 2020 | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| 2021 | 12 | 10 | 22 |
| 2022 | 5 | 12 | 17 |
| 2023 | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| 2024 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2026 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Learning" by people in Profiles.
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No Environment, No Education: Honoring the Clinical Learning Environment as the Engine of Competency-Based Education - A Call to Action. Perspect Med Educ. 2026; 15(1):771-782.
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Global Stability of a Hebbian/Anti-Hebbian Network for Principal Subspace Learning. Neural Comput. 2026 06 02; 38(7):1180-1202.
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AI-induced never-skilling in medical education. Nat Med. 2026 Jun; 32(6):1997-2006.
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Modeling lifelong learning: exploring clinical teachers' skill development through the master adaptive learner?lens. Acad Med. 2026 05 01; 101(5):550-557.
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Glutamatergic projection neurons in the basal forebrain underlie learned olfactory associational valence assignments. Nat Commun. 2026 Jan 16; 17(1):1608.
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Utilizing Learning Communities to Implement a Wellness-in-Action Session in Undergraduate Medical Education. South Med J. 2025 Sep; 118(9):644-648.
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Addressing educational overload with generative AI through dual coding and cognitive load theories. Med Teach. 2026 Jul; 48(7):1113-1115.
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Delivering a Regional Procedural Bootcamp for Incoming Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellows. Chest. 2025 Dec; 168(6):1433-1442.
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Motor Learning in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review. Neuropsychol Rev. 2026 Mar; 36(1):94-112.
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Psychophysiological correlates of learner-instructor interaction: A scoping review. Int J Psychophysiol. 2025 May; 211:112556.