Study shows that a simple act of asking yourself whether you will remember something significantly improves the odds that you will remember, in some cases by as much as 50 percent. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21443325/
8 experiments revealed that pronouncing words aloud, instead of reading them silently, improves explicit memory.
“A simple but quite powerful mechanism for improving memory,” the studies said. doi.apa.org/doiLanding?doi…
“A simple but quite powerful mechanism for improving memory,” the studies said. doi.apa.org/doiLanding?doi…
Another study shows rehearsing content of events, like replaying an event in your mind, going over what someone said in a meeting, or mentally mapping out a series of steps, dramatically boosts memory consolidation. jneurosci.org/content/35/43/…
A study showed that resting for a few minutes after learning something increased the chance of recalling facts to 79% from mere 7%. bbc.com/future/article…
Research demonstrates that students who take practice tests often outperform students in nontesting learning conditions such as restudying, practice, filler activities, or no presentation of the material. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.310…
People who spend time teaching what they’ve learned go on to show better understanding and knowledge retention than people who simply spend the same time re-studying. digest.bps.org.uk/2018/05/04/lea…
Research suggests that quality sleep plays an important role in memory, both before and after learning a new task. healthysleep.med.harvard.edu/healthy/matter…
Brain maintenance through higher level of education — reading books, playing chess, doing crosswords, writing, designing a garden — improves memory in later stages of life, studies show nia.nih.gov/news/higher-le…
Using multiple senses in learning — such as reading about something and watching a movie about it — increases the chance of remembering wp.unil.ch/discoverunil/2…
Those who think negatively about their memory capabilities tend to worsen their memory health.harvard.edu/blog/memory-sl…
Research on multitasking has found that multitasking tends to reduce cognitive performance, such as memory, comprehension, and task performance. academic.oup.com/hcr/article/42…
Studies have found that children who learn to play an instrument perform better at attention and memory recall and have greater activation in brain regions related to attention control and auditory encoding. neurosciencenews.com/music-training…
Listening to music moves brain to pay attention, make predictions and improve memory, research finds med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/…
Humor, which decreases stress hormone, improves short term memory, study shows. lluh.org/patients-visit…
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