Scientists gain insight into how we learn to learn
If we could know more about the process of memory: training our neurons to make recall easier, maybe we could fix learning defects.
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Exercise harder, remember more
Scientists have found that the more vigorously you exercise, the stronger the response in the brain that helps your memory.
Dim light can make animals dumb
The neurons in the brain make fewer connections in dim light, but they recover quickly after bright light returns.
Sleep plays an important role in memory
Sleep helps our brain strengthen memories, and good sleep therefore can help us learn. But that same strengthening can also get in the way.
Ethical for teachers to promote tech products?
Teachers use their classrooms to promote commercial products in exchange for freebies tech companies offer them.
Forgetting trivia helps us remember what’s important
Our brain is wired to remember what we learn over the long term, but it may be just as important that we forget details that won't get us anywhere.
Good sleep recalibrates your brain cells
How does good sleep affect your capacity for learning and for remembering what you learn? Hopkins scientists have some answers.
How does practice make perfect?
People who keep practicing for ~20 mins after they master a skill actually lock in that learning. New learning probably won't interfere with it either.
To remember test material, tell a friend
Do you want to ace a test? Just tell a friend what you've learned about the subject of the test. This will help crystallize the memory of that content.
Practice tests may help info retrieval under stress
When you're under stress, like taking a test, you don't retrieve info as efficiently from your brain. Practice tests can help with that.