Ebbinghaus's Forgetting Curve
- Memories weaken over time
- The biggest drop in retention happens soon after learning
- It’s easier to remember things that have meaning
- The way something is presented affects learning
- How you feel affects how well you remember
tips to remember info
- Use “Spaced Learning
- Overlearn
- learn more than you need too
- Make Information Meaningful
- Keep Challenging Your Memory
- try recall something when you forgot
- ask questions to make the recall interactive
Backlinks¶
- Algorithms to Live By
- Ebbinghaus’s Forgetting Curve
Forgetting things and taking longer to process is largely a result of knowing more and having more memories to process as we age and get older.
- Ebbinghaus’s Forgetting Curve
- evolution already figured out the optimal algorithm
- In computer caching prediction, the most optimal solution is using the most recent used data. The human brain follows a similar concept for memory usage.