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How to memorize your textbook

Justin Sung

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[0:00]If you are reading a 500 pages book, after one month you tend to forget everything.
[0:09]So if you're forgetting a lot, it means that the process you use was not the right process.
[0:17]Let's say that I read 500 pages, and then some random person off the street reads 500 pages, after one month, we said an exam, who would you guess will probably do better in the exam?
[0:34]Neuroscience says to some degree predict the quality and retention of someone's knowledge in the future, based on the process they use today.
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[0:00]If you are reading a 500 pages book, after one month you tend to forget everything. What is the effective way to retrieve the info?

[0:09]Yeah, so memory is a symptom, right? Memory is a symptom. So if you're forgetting a lot, it means that the process you use was not the right process. Probably means you were looking at the pieces.

[0:17]Let's say that I read 500 pages, and then some random person off the street reads 500 pages, after one month, we said an exam, who would you guess will probably do better in the exam?

[0:25]Me or the random person? I'm hoping you would say me, because you're here at my workshop.

[0:30]Thank you, by the way. So, clearly there's a difference in the process.

[0:34]And this is what science says. Neuroscience says to some degree predict the quality and retention of someone's knowledge in the future, based on the process they use today.

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