How memory works: why you can be sure of something that never happened
Retrieval practice vs rereading: what makes a memory last
You have a few evenings to learn two new names. Read them again each night, or hide them and try to recall them? A week later, one of the two works far better.
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Ilen sends a photo of her two new friends with their names. Each evening, you could read it again. Or you could hide the names and try to recall them.
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In 2006, students read a short text. Some read it again, while others closed it and wrote down what they could recall. Five minutes later, the readers did better.
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