Iowa State researchers conducted a study where they took three groups of students and gave them a list of words to remember. Afterward, a group either recited the words immediate, after 15 seconds of rehearsal, or after 15 seconds of doing math problems. Unsurprisingly, the average scores followed this same order when ranked highest to […]
The Information Dilemma
I remember taking a test to fill out all the capitals of the U.S. You probably had to do that a while ago too. But to be quite honest, I must have done something wrong, because I forgot. And now when I’m in a situation where I need to know the capital of a state, […]
Caching Your Mind
“The secret to accelerated learning is superior organization” – Kevin Horsley, Unlimited Memory When I was in high school, I competed in Academic Decathlon. It was a competition involving tests on Math, Music, Art, Science, History, Literature, and Economics. The first question I would get asked is, “why in the heck would you want to […]