Most of our memory is explicit memory. Its a memory of how the mind thinks of the event. It has a time stamp associated with it.
Published on Jul 08, 2024
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.
Published on Jan 01, 2023
Learning is adding things to your long term memory.
Published on Sep 28, 2022
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.
Published on Jul 28, 2021
You will remember interrupted/incomplete activities better than completed activities. Open tasks tend to occupy our short-term memory - until they are done.
Published on Jan 05, 2021