The Complete Guide to Memory by Scott Young and Jakub Jilek

Summary
- A short and concise guide to how our memory works
How I discovered it
- I have followed his website for a while especially his attempts to learn complex subjects like an MIT course in theoretical physics in a short period of time. He offers this book and a few others for free on the site.
How the book changed me
- My memory is pretty rubbish for most things except maybe cars and cameras. This book helped me see some things i could to to improve for things i actually want to remember.
Details
- Looking at something repetitively does not guarantee remembering it
- Intention to remember is not important in actual remembering
- Take notes in your own words to increase memory
- Process information deeply by having a structured note system
- Use pre-reading questions to enhance memory
- Memory is state-dependent
- Interference effect on memory
- Sleep is vital for memory consolidation
- the first memory scientist, Hermann Ebinghaus contributed much, with these 2 fundamental discoveries
- The testing effect - Revising with practise tests is the most effective
- Practical usage of knowlege is superior to theory
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The complete guide to Memory, book review