The last section of Chapter Eight discusses effective ways to improve memory, specifically when studying. It suggests that when you study, you space out your studying so that you keep coming back to it. It also says that you should connect the information to your own life or something else that you remember easily. It says you should allow one thought to trigger another, and use mnemonic devices. It helps to study before sleeping because that's when you encode and process and store all the information learned throughout the day. It also helps to sleep more and to test yourself.
I found a website (linked below) that gives tips on how to study effectively. The key concepts are:
1) Manage your time. In other words, don't cram.
2)Take notes in class and then REWRITE THEM at home. (this works pretty well)
3)Study from hardest subject to easiest.
4)Read the text out loud and read it more than once.
5)Do your homework. If you recall the information outside of class, you're more likely to remember it later.
http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/howtostudy.html
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