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Re:Packing things in your brain in a way that keeps them fro... by Machow on Friday August 15, 2014 @07:24PM (#8184844)
I really like the broad coverage that articles like this give to the psychology of learning, but I wonder how important some of these principles are in a practical sense. Sure, the effect of studying and retrieving in the same context is a classic effect, but how strong is it?

It's like reading an article on how to make money that doesn't even give you a ballpark estimate of how much money each strategy could make you.

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Re:Packing things in your brain in a way that keeps them fro... by walterbell on Friday August 15, 2014 @11:53PM (#8185359)
> doesn't even give you a ballpark estimate of how much money each strategy could make you

Public strategies have short lives in efficient zero-sum markets. Here is a site with resources and active discussion on mnemonics, memory palaces and other practical memory improvement techniques: http://artofmemory.com/

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