Applying Spaced Repetition and Active Recall to Books to Hack Your Brain
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- Author: Daniel Doyon
- Full Title: Applying Spaced Repetition and Active Recall to Books to Hack Your Brain
- URL: https://blog.readwise.io/hack-your-brain-with-spaced-repetition-and-active-recall
Highlights
I’ve always imagined nonfiction books to be kind of like those hand-labeled “skill cartridges” scattered about the Nebuchadnezzar. After all, writing such a book is the act of compressing months if not years of accumulated knowledge, wisdom, and expertise into a cohesive text that can be consumed in mere hours. (View Highlight) Non-fiction books are level ups for your brain
So much human potential is stored in nonfiction books, but so little is realized due to mere forgetfulness. (View Highlight)
The power of this technique probably requires no further justification, but the scientific evidence backs it up. The key to learning more is forgetting less. The key to forgetting less is systematic review. And the best way to review is through active recall. (View Highlight)
Cloze deletion is, of course, just a fancy way of saying fill-in-the-blank. This might seem a trivial tweak, but the simple act of hiding a word forces you to consider the surrounding context and search your mind for an answer. The hidden word itself isn’t that important; it’s the modest effort of being forced to think about what you’d otherwise passively read. (View Highlight)
Spaced Repetition Spaced repetition is a technique for spacing out of reviews of previously learned material according to an algorithm designed to optimize your limited time for review. Each time you review a piece of information, you supply feedback to that algorithm which estimates the optimal time to show you that information again. (View Highlight)
Applying Spaced Repetition and Active Recall to Books to Hack Your Brain
Metadata
- Author: Daniel Doyon
- Full Title: Applying Spaced Repetition and Active Recall to Books to Hack Your Brain
- URL: https://blog.readwise.io/hack-your-brain-with-spaced-repetition-and-active-recall
Highlights
I’ve always imagined nonfiction books to be kind of like those hand-labeled “skill cartridges” scattered about the Nebuchadnezzar. After all, writing such a book is the act of compressing months if not years of accumulated knowledge, wisdom, and expertise into a cohesive text that can be consumed in mere hours. (View Highlight)review
So much human potential is stored in nonfiction books, but so little is realized due to mere forgetfulness. (View Highlight)review
The power of this technique probably requires no further justification, but the scientific evidence backs it up. The key to learning more is forgetting less. The key to forgetting less is systematic review. And the best way to review is through active recall. (View Highlight)review
Cloze deletion is, of course, just a fancy way of saying fill-in-the-blank. This might seem a trivial tweak, but the simple act of hiding a word forces you to consider the surrounding context and search your mind for an answer. The hidden word itself isn’t that important; it’s the modest effort of being forced to think about what you’d otherwise passively read. (View Highlight)review
Spaced repetition is a technique for spacing out of reviews of previously learned material according to an algorithm designed to optimize your limited time for review. Each time you review a piece of information, you supply feedback to that algorithm which estimates the optimal time to show you that information again. (View Highlight)review