![]() “My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nuts” (based on the order of the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune). “Every Good Boy Deserves Fruit” (to help remember the order of music notes EGBDF on the treble clef) They have been shown to help with most tasks, and come in all kinds of forms, such as acronyms. ![]() Mnemonics are visual or memory aids that help you remember key information. Try memorisation techniques like Mnemonics His use of spaced repetition to slow down the ‘forgetting curve’ has been verified to this day. So you might only remember a few things 24 hours later, but then you’d remember them for a long time. But then, after that, it slowly tapers off. He found you can forget 70% of what you just learned within a day. ![]() Scientist Hermann Ebbinghaus called it the Forgetting Curve. Recent studies have looked into how many spaced intervals are needed to remember information and have generally agreed that information stays with you after a 24 hour period, It needs to be repeated in gradual intervals - usually over days. The repetition can’t just be you saying a fact over and over in one short burst of time. When you repeat information multiple times, your brain takes it in. Spaced repetition is another great way to keep important study information in your head. It means your brain stores information in your deeper memory and you’re more likely to remember things in the long term. Research shows that doing quizzes or tests works far better than if you just passively read information, in terms of you being able to rememberThis is called active recall. Improve your memory through quizzes and tests So how do you train or even outwit your brain to help you in your studies? Here’s some scientifically based tips. ![]() These affect your brain patterns and the way you approach things.įor example, you may feel fear, (procrastinate), or be unable to snap out of going down the same paths or ruts your brain gets stuck in. Your neural pathways can be driven by negative or positive thoughts. Yet it can also be your own worst obstacle. Your brain is one of the most complicated things you’ll ever meet! It solves problems, it’s in charge of all your learning, memory and critical thinking.
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