Cognitive Psychology in Education
By: Naitzy Garcia
You’re studying and studying, but can’t retain the information, no matter how many times you review it? However, if you were asked for directions, you’d know to Never Eat Soggy Waffles? That is a mnemonic; a golden tool to help create shortcuts for information we want to remember. This same tool is used by top participants at the “World Memory Championship”, who credit their success not to the anatomy of their brain, but to their training with mnemonics.
By Ellie Marston and Emily Topp
ATTENTION COLLEGE STUDENTS, would you like to get more ‘bang’ for your studying ‘buck?’ Picture this: you’re sitting in an exam and can’t remember the answer to a question you know you studied the night before. What if you could improve your ability to retrieve information you studied the night before? We have the answer, and it just requires that you focus on the way you process information while studying. The best part is: it doesn’t even require that you study longer, just smarter.
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