Memory
by Alan D. Baddeley, Michael W. Eysenck, Michael C. Anderson · first published 2009
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People seem to be intrigued by memory, and by its sometimes spectacular failure in (for example) people with amnesia. However, students of memory sometimes fail to retain this fascination. The reason is clear: in order to study memory we must carry out carefully-designed experiments, which can seem boring even when they are exciting science. Fortunately, we now know enough about memory to relate laboratory studies to the world beyond. In other words, our scientific knowledge of memory and how it works can help us to explain those aspects of memory that most people find of greatest interest. Th
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…is that the better people memorize topics, the better they understand and reason about them. For those interested, this book has the best compilation I've seen of such research: https://www.amazon.com/Memory-Alan-Baddeley/dp/1138326097 Edit: Of course, you can memorize things without any effort to understand. But if you are making these efforts, having an efficient and effective memorization technique can…
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