The human brain is an extraordinary learning machine. Its ability to reprogram itself is unparalleled, and it remains the best source of inspiration for recent developments in artificial intelligence. But how do we learn? What innate biological foundations underlie our ability to acquire new information, and what principles modulate their efficiency? In How We Learn, Stanislas Dehaene finds the boundary of computer science, neurobiology, and cognitive psychology to explain how learning really works and how to make the best use of the brain's learning algorithms in our schools and universities, as well as in everyday life and at any age.

"Based on, in part, Apprendre!, published in France by Odile Jacob, Paris, in 2018."--Title page verso.

Part one.What is learning? Seven definitions of learning ; Why our brain learns better than current machines -- Part two. How our brain learns. Babies' invisible knowledge ; Birth of a brain ; Nurture's share ; Recycle your brain -- Part three. The four pillars of learning. Attention ; Active engagement ; Error feedback ; Consolidation -- Conclusion. Reconciling education with neuroscience.