Hebbian learning can explain how brains learn simple associations—think of Pavlov's dogs salivating at the sound of a bell.

赫布学习可以解释大脑如何学习简单的联想——想想巴甫洛夫的狗听到铃声就会流口水。

But for more complicated tasks, like learning a language, Hebbian learning seems too inefficient.

但对于更复杂的任务，比如学习一门语言，赫布学习似乎效率太低了。

One of the most prominent and longstanding theories of how the brain learns is Hebbian learning.

关于大脑如何学习的最突出和最长期的理论之一是赫布学习。