10 SECRETS TO MEMORIZE THINGS QUICKER THAN OTHERS
We learn things throughout our entire lives but we don’t know everything because we forget a lot of information.
Why does this happen? How can we remember things much better?
Your brain is like a hard drive, the space is limited. Your brain protects you from overloading with information, that’s why all new date is stored in the short term memory and not the long one. So if you don’t repeat it or use it, you forget it very quickly.
A German psychologist HERMAN EBBINGHAUS researched the memory and its mechanisms. He described the forgetting curve which shows just one hour after learning something new, we forget more than half of that information. One day later, we remember only about 30%
There is a memorization technique called spaced repetition. To keep an information in your head for a longer time, you need to try put it in your long term memory. False memorization is not very effective in this case because your brain can make sense of the information and form strong association quickly.
HOW TO MEMORIZE SOMETHING QUICKLY
The first situation is when you need to learn the information quickly, use it once and forget most of it. This looks like a typical exam preparation right?
To memorize something quickly, repeat the information right after learning it. The second repetition should be after 15-20 minutes. You don’t need to return to the information between repetitions. Just rest and do something different. Let your brain relax. Pick the information again to learn after 6-8 hours. And have your final repetition 24hours after your first contact with the information. Try this method next time you need to memorize something quickly and tell us how it worked.
HOW TO MEMORIZE SOMETHING FOR A LONG TIME
If you want to remember things for a long time, you need to extend the memorization period.
Here’s the memorization plan.
The first repetition should be just after learning the information. Repeat again after 20-30minutes. The third repetition should be only after one day. The next one after 2-3 weeks and the final after 2-3 months. This way, you can learn something for a very long time because the brain thinks that if you returned to the information, it means that it’s necessary so it doesn’t get erased.
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