6 notes tagged with "memory"


Spaced Repetation

This is a learning method that improves recall and typically done with flashcards. This is based on the idea of a 'forgetting curve' - the rate at which we forget new information over time. If we are exposed to the information again at the main points of the forgetting curve, we will not forget it.

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Published on Jan 24, 2023

Memory Distorts Over Time

Different ways a memory can change...

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Published on Oct 10, 2022

Learning is adding to Long Term Memory

Learning is adding things to your long term memory.

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Published on Sep 28, 2022

Chunking

When you can store a bunch of information in your working memory as one unit. Eg. 2,0,1,9 is four numbers - but 2019 is chunked into one recent year. You can hold more information if you can chunk it up. Education should give you lots of chunkable abstractions. Chunks can be handled better by System 1.

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Published on Jul 28, 2021

Zeigarnik Effect

You will remember interrupted/incomplete activities better than completed activities. Open tasks tend to occupy our short-term memory - until they are done.

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Published on Jan 05, 2021