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Pros
Benedict carey’s book addresses the question of why we may fail a test when we had previously though we knew the material. The illusion of fluency, and study aids such as highlighting which make us think we know something better than we actually do. C... Read More
Simple learning techniques backed by scientific research will be an important addition to your toolbox. There are a ton of scientifically proven tips for improving ones ability to learn.
Sleep is a powerful part of the learning and encoding information process. This entails that doing some studying in the evening before bed time can be very effective. Don’t wait until the last minute to cram, but start learning/memorizing as soon as p... Read More
Forgetting curve and reminiscence are not contradictory. Memories are stored for a long time. But, they are often not readily retrievable without reinforcement or reuse.
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There is nowhere that author would give us the summary, the conclusion, the practical implications from that endless research that he endlessly describes. More than half of carey's story is unscientific. Carey demonstrates why non-scientists should st... Read More
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Any university or high school student can empathize with at least one of those personal stories and this helps the book to have... Read More
Perhaps the brain gets bored with the repetition or perhaps doing things in a random order is a better simulation of how we wil... Read More
If you are an outline person who likes specific steps you might be disappointed
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- This product had a total of 1,359 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 31 2023.
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Learning is a central part of daily life but the way were taught to approach learning is as if its a punishment
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Were chained down to a chair and desk gulping down forced information in preschool then high school our careers parenting and eventually every area of life
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Before it can even feel new and exciting were expected to rote memorize any new learning territory perfectly without any flaws
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You can actually enhance your learning by allowing these socalled bad habits to exist and beyond that you can even use these habits to your advantage
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Author brings research evidences but with a right dosing some books just overwhelm you mentioning too much researches with too much details
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By the lights of this book almost everything that you learned about how to learn is wrong
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The quiet spot endurance marathon of sitting in place and putting your nose to the grindstone is actually the opposite of how we learn
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Focusing on one skill doe snot improve your skills as much as mixing them up
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