Use ‘Dual Coding’ to Study Twice As Effectively
Photo: mangpor2004 (Shutterstock) When you learn and use a studying method, you’re making it easier for your brain to synthesize new information. Great! Now think of how much more you…
Use the ‘Method of Loci’ to Remember Anything
The method of loci (or the loci technique) is a mnemonic memorization trickwith a number of uses, from helping people with mild cognitive impairment learn and remember information to getting…
The Best Ways to Use ‘Association’ to Remember What You Study
Of all the study tips out there, from those that enhance reading comprehension to those that improve retention, the one I use the most is association: Making up little personal…
Use These ‘Active Recall’ Techniques the Next Time You Study
Photo: fizkes (Shutterstock) To retain what you’ve studied or learned, you should try active recall. This technique is all about actively retrieving content from your memory instead of just reviewing…
‘Overlearning’ Can Force Important Information Into Your Longterm Memory
Do you want to learn the material you’re studying—like, really learn it? Then what you need to do is overlearn it. One learning theory suggests that if you overlearn, you’ll…
The Best Ways to Beat the ‘Forgetting Curve’ While Studying
It seems like common sense that the longer you go without retrieving a memory, the harder it is to retrieve—but it wasn’t always one of those things we simply knew…
How the ‘Proust Effect’ Can Help You Study
When you need to remember something important, it makes sense to look around for hacks and tricks to maximize your recall. And plenty of those are out there, but do…
These Dehumidifiers Are Being Recalled for Fire Hazard
Gree Electric Appliances is recalling 1.56 million dehumidifiers—including 42 different models from 13 brand names sold by several popular retailers—after reports of at least 23 fires breaking out. Those brand…
How the ‘Primacy Effect’ Can Help You Remember Information
Photo: Gorodenkoff (Shutterstock) Your brain is complex, but once you figure out its little intricacies—like that it can only store about seven units of information in short-term memory—you can exploit…
These Recalled COVID Tests May Be Contaminated With Bacteria
Photo: Tsuguliev (Shutterstock) The last thing you’d expect when testing for a virus is to catch a bacterial infection in the process. But that could be the the case with…