A common, useful, and sort of generic definition of
learning:
learning - a relatively permanent change in
behavior or in behavioral potentiality that
results from experience :
relatively - because although the change should last
some time, it needn't last forever (e.g., forgetting and
extinction are allowed)
behavior - because any change due to learning must be
observable in principle if it is to be studied
scientifically, and behavior is observable
potentiality - because an organism may not have
occasion to exhibit its modified behavior unless the
appropriate circumstances arise
experience - because modifications of behavior due to
developmental or physical causes (maturation, injury,
fatigue, etc.) aren't considered "learning"