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Do Musicians Really Have Better Memories?
Musicians have better long-term, short-term, and working memory than non-musicians. We don’t know why musician memory is stronger, but we have good hypotheses. Continue reading
That Book You Were Just Reading…What Was It About?
If you read piles of books, you’re much less likely to remember the specifics of each one. The same holds true if you binge-watch This is Us or Mr. Robot. Or power your way through three movies in an afternoon. Continue reading
Improving the Syllabus: Surprising Benefits of Jumbling
Jumbling practice problem topics together helps students learn more than organizing practice problems by topic. Continue reading
Benefiting from Retrieval Practice: Get the Timing Just Right
Retrieval practice is an excellent study strategy for students more than 24 hours ahead of a test. However, within that 24 hour window, teachers and students should focus more on connecting ideas rather than recalling them. Continue reading
Enhance Memory by Saying Important Words Aloud
You’d like to remember a list of words better? Here’s a simple trick: read them out loud to yourself. Continue reading
Frequency and Memory: Essential Brain Wave Boost
Earlier this month, I linked to a study showing that declarative and procedural memories correspond with different…
Beyond Mere “Memory”
Newcomers to the field of psychology and neuroscience often want to learn as much as…
The Benefits of Forgetting
As teachers, we earnestly want our students to REMEMBER what they learned; their habit of FORGETTING…
Memory Training That Really (Sort of) Works
Imagine yourself following a route that you know quite well: perhaps your morning commute. You…
What He Said
In recent weeks, this blog has written about the dangerous assumption that students can just…