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Nov 26

Nov 26 Weekly Digest #134: How to Sleep Well

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What better topic to compile resources on when one is doing so very late at night? Ah, sleep, of course! We’ve written in the past about the importance of sleep for memory and cognition, the combined power of sleep and learning strategies,

Nov 22

Nov 22 THANK YOU to our guest bloggers from 2017!

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We're right in the middle of a season where a lot of us are giving thanks and reflecting on the year we have had. For some of us it is because of American or Canadian Thanksgiving, Japanese Labour Thanksgiving, or Turkish National Day of Thanks,…

Nov 15

Nov 15 Spaced Practice for Skill Learning

Cindy Nebel

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Psychologists often breakdown memory into different types. Long-term memory can be divided into two different types: explicit memories and implicit memories.

Nov 11

Nov 11 Weekly Digest #132: Dual Coding, Visual Note Taking, and Sketchnoting

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We’ve talked a lot about dual-coding and the benefits of combining visual and verbal information. This week we’ve gathered some resources on how to apply that to note taking.

Nov 9

Nov 9 Have You Forgotten Your Childhood?

Yana Weinstein

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Imagine if I asked you this question: “Are there large parts of your childhood after age 5 that you cannot remember?”. How would you answer: Yes, or no? Are you sure? And what might influence your answer?

Nov 6

Nov 6 GUEST POST: Who Really Benefits from Retrieval Practice

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Recently, the fields of cognitive psychology and education have been awash in evidence that retrieval practice – the process of trying to answer questions or taking practice tests while studying – improves performance in the lab and in the classroom.