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+title: "Subconscious Learning"
+slug: subconscious-learning
+description: "I've been learning about... learning lately, specifically subconscious learning. Here's what I've found!"
+added: "Mar 16 2016"
+tags: [learning] 
+---
+
+One of the things I've done lately is try to passively learn Morse code. I added
+a bunch of custom vibrations for each letter of the alphabet to my phone, and
+when I add someone to my contact book, I assign them the custom vibration. So,
+as people text or call me, I'm slowly but surely learning Morse code because of
+their names. Now I definitely know some letters, like J and C, a lot more than
+others like Q or V. But hey, it's something!
+
+We're all exposed to subliminal messages. Due to the massive amounts of
+information we're exposed to every single day, and our limited capacity to
+actively, consciously register it, there's always small changes in our minds.
+But, if you're exposed to the same information again and again over time,
+there's more lasting changes. So, like in my example above, I've been constantly
+hearing vibrations for people every day, and the repetition has led to my
+learning without my having to think about it.
+
+When a person is stressed, they use both their conscious memory and their
+subconscious memory to compensate for all of the stress. The switch from totally
+conscious learning to conscious+subconscious learning is triggered by
+[mineralocorticoid receptors](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineralocorticoid_receptor),
+which are released in response to stress. The switches are controlled by the
+[amygdala](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdala), the part of the brain that's
+responsible for both memory and emotional reactions. There's a really
+interesting study by Schwabe, Tegenthoff, and Hoffken that talks about this. You
+can read it [here](http://www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S0006-3223(13)00513-1/abstract).
+So, it turns out that when I said that I "operate well under stress" in college,
+I wasn't actually making that up!
+
+There's probably a lot more to learn about subconscious learning. Please feel
+free to send me anything you've found on the subject!