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Learn Less, Remember Better: 8 Surprising Facts About Memory.
1. What is not recorded is lost
All of us from time to time have brilliant ideas that seem so amazing that they cannot be forgotten. That is why "brilliant" thoughts are rarely written down. You have been racking your brains for half an hour over a birthday present for your cousin, and suddenly it dawns on you. Of course, she just needs a massage bath for her feet - this is so obvious that you do not consider it necessary to write down this option. After 10 minutes, the thought is forgotten and no longer comes to mind.
Psychologists have studied the mechanism of forgetting ideas that are simple in their genius. The subjects were asked to memorize pairs for easy words, for example, "light-lamp", and also to assess whether it would be difficult to remember the associations. Most people were confident that they could easily remember a word after hearing a pair of it. As a result, the word “light” was called “sun” or “darkness”. Recollection turned out to be not as easy as they expected. Do not be lazy to write down, especially the solution to an important problem, and not the idea of an April Fools' rally.
2. We're trapped in memory
The memory trap is as follows. We forget the very fact that we are forgetting something, and therefore in the future we believe that we will not forget what we know. Just like Drew Barrymore's character in 50 First Kisses. Just reread this a few times and be on the lookout.
3. You can't easily get fish out of the pond
People feel smart when they can easily remember the right things, and on the contrary, goofy when it takes time to remember. In vain. When something comes to mind quickly, we don't make an effort and forget just as easily. If you have to work hard to evoke memories, information is consolidated.
If you want to remember a tricky theorem - dance, rhyme, in the end, sculpt it in clay
Good teaching methods include regular testing of knowledge in different forms, because we remember better what we restructured in our head. In literature lessons one piece at a time, they arrange reading by roles, and analysis of episodes, and tests and essays - the more efforts and ways of working with information, the stronger the memorization of the content.
4. Environment is the key to your memory
What is learned at home can be difficult to remember in class, and vice versa. Memorization is related to the circumstances: how and where you taught, who was there. Choose how it is more convenient for you to take into account this feature of memory work.
Or study the information in different places and situations, in the arboretum, in the wind tunnel, in the queue to the doctor in order to remember it at any time. Or, memorize in an environment that is easy to reproduce, such as fingering your rosary and inhaling the scent of your favorite perfume. When you need to remember Mendel's second law, beads and jasmine will help.
5. Repetition is the mother of learning
Popular wisdom has received scientific confirmation. It seems clear that memories fade over time, but research confirms otherwise. The possibilities for memorization are endless. It is difficult to access only information that we rarely use. Memory access supports the ability to remember.
Remember regularly what you don't want to forget: the recipe for grandma's pie, the premises of the great French bourgeois revolution, or the rules for using quotation marks.
6. It is difficult only the first time
If you have neglected popular wisdom and seem to have completely forgotten the material, do not despair. Memories become less accessible over time, but they can be easily revived. Feel free to start studying, because the re-memorization of forgotten information is faster. You do not remember, but restore weakened connections between brain regions.
7. Memorization requires a reboot
What is the best way to build a strategy for learning to play tennis? A week to work out the serve, the second week to the right hand, and the third week to the left? Or train all three types of punches at the same time? It all depends on the purpose of the training.
To pass an exam that requires you to demonstrate skills rather than ability to play, train each hit separately. If you want to “feel confident on the court” - alternate your strikes. With this type of learning, it is difficult to start learning. You started with one, jumped to another, and the first has already been forgotten. There is a feeling that this is only worse, that you need to focus on one thing. But in the long run, blended memorization works better.
One explanation for this phenomenon is called the "reset hypothesis." Every time we switch between tasks, we need to "reload" the memory. Reboot strengthens memorization
8. The volume of short-term memory can be increased
What we deliberately remember is first stored in the “department” of short-term memory, and then can go into long-term memory. There is a way to increase the amount of pre-storage. Researchers have found that contemplating natural landscapes, even painted ones, can improve short-term memory by 20%.
This is connected with another mental process - attention. Attention gets tired of long study and in order to rest one has to be where voluntary attention is not required.
A promenade in the center of a metropolis will only make matters worse, because the city is full of threats that require intense attention: cars, cyclists, oncoming pedestrians, turnstiles. In the safe environment of a natural park, the brain allows itself to truly relax. The same effect can be achieved simply by looking at the landscapes of the wild.
Hiking has a beneficial effect on the entire body. If you are lucky enough to live or study near a picturesque place, by all means go to warm up and give your brain a break.
And if you are in the "center of a big city where grass does not grow", open the spread with reserved places in National Geographic. People often underestimate how much power they have over their memories and memories. It is a mistake to think that some things are more difficult to remember due to their nature.
This way you will remember better and be able to apply knowledge at the right time. Refer to your memory in everyday life: take part in quizzes, olympiads and contests, or at least help your grandfather solve the crossword puzzle.
1. What is not recorded is lost
All of us from time to time have brilliant ideas that seem so amazing that they cannot be forgotten. That is why "brilliant" thoughts are rarely written down. You have been racking your brains for half an hour over a birthday present for your cousin, and suddenly it dawns on you. Of course, she just needs a massage bath for her feet - this is so obvious that you do not consider it necessary to write down this option. After 10 minutes, the thought is forgotten and no longer comes to mind.
Psychologists have studied the mechanism of forgetting ideas that are simple in their genius. The subjects were asked to memorize pairs for easy words, for example, "light-lamp", and also to assess whether it would be difficult to remember the associations. Most people were confident that they could easily remember a word after hearing a pair of it. As a result, the word “light” was called “sun” or “darkness”. Recollection turned out to be not as easy as they expected. Do not be lazy to write down, especially the solution to an important problem, and not the idea of an April Fools' rally.
2. We're trapped in memory
The memory trap is as follows. We forget the very fact that we are forgetting something, and therefore in the future we believe that we will not forget what we know. Just like Drew Barrymore's character in 50 First Kisses. Just reread this a few times and be on the lookout.
3. You can't easily get fish out of the pond
People feel smart when they can easily remember the right things, and on the contrary, goofy when it takes time to remember. In vain. When something comes to mind quickly, we don't make an effort and forget just as easily. If you have to work hard to evoke memories, information is consolidated.
If you want to remember a tricky theorem - dance, rhyme, in the end, sculpt it in clay
Good teaching methods include regular testing of knowledge in different forms, because we remember better what we restructured in our head. In literature lessons one piece at a time, they arrange reading by roles, and analysis of episodes, and tests and essays - the more efforts and ways of working with information, the stronger the memorization of the content.
4. Environment is the key to your memory
What is learned at home can be difficult to remember in class, and vice versa. Memorization is related to the circumstances: how and where you taught, who was there. Choose how it is more convenient for you to take into account this feature of memory work.
Or study the information in different places and situations, in the arboretum, in the wind tunnel, in the queue to the doctor in order to remember it at any time. Or, memorize in an environment that is easy to reproduce, such as fingering your rosary and inhaling the scent of your favorite perfume. When you need to remember Mendel's second law, beads and jasmine will help.
5. Repetition is the mother of learning
Popular wisdom has received scientific confirmation. It seems clear that memories fade over time, but research confirms otherwise. The possibilities for memorization are endless. It is difficult to access only information that we rarely use. Memory access supports the ability to remember.
Remember regularly what you don't want to forget: the recipe for grandma's pie, the premises of the great French bourgeois revolution, or the rules for using quotation marks.
6. It is difficult only the first time
If you have neglected popular wisdom and seem to have completely forgotten the material, do not despair. Memories become less accessible over time, but they can be easily revived. Feel free to start studying, because the re-memorization of forgotten information is faster. You do not remember, but restore weakened connections between brain regions.
7. Memorization requires a reboot
What is the best way to build a strategy for learning to play tennis? A week to work out the serve, the second week to the right hand, and the third week to the left? Or train all three types of punches at the same time? It all depends on the purpose of the training.
To pass an exam that requires you to demonstrate skills rather than ability to play, train each hit separately. If you want to “feel confident on the court” - alternate your strikes. With this type of learning, it is difficult to start learning. You started with one, jumped to another, and the first has already been forgotten. There is a feeling that this is only worse, that you need to focus on one thing. But in the long run, blended memorization works better.
One explanation for this phenomenon is called the "reset hypothesis." Every time we switch between tasks, we need to "reload" the memory. Reboot strengthens memorization
8. The volume of short-term memory can be increased
What we deliberately remember is first stored in the “department” of short-term memory, and then can go into long-term memory. There is a way to increase the amount of pre-storage. Researchers have found that contemplating natural landscapes, even painted ones, can improve short-term memory by 20%.
This is connected with another mental process - attention. Attention gets tired of long study and in order to rest one has to be where voluntary attention is not required.
A promenade in the center of a metropolis will only make matters worse, because the city is full of threats that require intense attention: cars, cyclists, oncoming pedestrians, turnstiles. In the safe environment of a natural park, the brain allows itself to truly relax. The same effect can be achieved simply by looking at the landscapes of the wild.
Hiking has a beneficial effect on the entire body. If you are lucky enough to live or study near a picturesque place, by all means go to warm up and give your brain a break.
And if you are in the "center of a big city where grass does not grow", open the spread with reserved places in National Geographic. People often underestimate how much power they have over their memories and memories. It is a mistake to think that some things are more difficult to remember due to their nature.
This way you will remember better and be able to apply knowledge at the right time. Refer to your memory in everyday life: take part in quizzes, olympiads and contests, or at least help your grandfather solve the crossword puzzle.
