Long-term depression is a form of neural plasticity beneficial for learning, particularly motor skills.

“there are different forms of plasticity that occur between neurons although the two main forms are what are called long-term potentiation and long-term depression I just want to ceue up right now that the word depression is a very loaded word because the moment people hear the word depression oh no that's bad but in the case of neuroplasticity long-term depression is simply a change in the connections between neurons and the excitability between neurons that in many ways can be excellent for learning things in particular motor skills”