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Memory and the self
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Why is spaced review better than cramming?
Difficulty 2
Why does testing yourself help you remember?
Difficulty 3
Why does how an experience ends shape your whole memory of it?
Difficulty 3
Why does studying in sessions beat cramming?
Difficulty 2
Why does being tested help you remember more than rereading?
Difficulty 2
Why do unfinished tasks keep popping into your head?
Difficulty 2
Why do you remember the start and end of a list but forget the middle?
Difficulty 2
Why can you remember a phone number but not 10 random digits?
Difficulty 2
Why do you remember the one thing that didn't fit in?
Difficulty 3
Why can a walk through your house help you remember a grocery list?
Difficulty 3
Why do you remember an answer you worked out better than one you just read?
Difficulty 3
Why can one leading question rewrite what you remember seeing?
Difficulty 3
Why do you remember what a word means but not how it was spelled?
Difficulty 3
Why does a vivid memory of shocking news feel right but get the details wrong?
Difficulty 2
Why can you almost say a word but not quite reach it?
Difficulty 2
Why do you remember a picture better than the same idea in words?
Difficulty 2
Why does mixing up your practice beat drilling one thing at a time?
Difficulty 3
Why might you remember a little more where you learned it?
Difficulty 3