Deactivation means that you have less activity than baseline. I am not
sure that I have seen studies where deactivation increases with
learning. In repetition paradigms, the deactivation is less with each
repetition.

Best Regards, Donald McLaren
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On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Ghazi Saidi Ladan
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> Dear All,
> could you please explain to me what it means to have a deactivation and what it means to have more deactivation in the second phase of learning than in the first?
> I would also appreciate some relevant references,
> thank you,
> Ladan
>
>
> Ladan Ghazisaidi
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> Université de Montréal,
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