Spaced repetition: a hack to make your brain store information
by James Gupta from on (#11KB2)
Using spaced repetition as a study technique is effective because you are deliberately hacking the way your brain works
Late night dates with a 600-page textbook and a multipack of Red Bull are a familiar encounter for many people. Whether in school, university or work, we all find ourselves in situations where we have to learn a vast quantity of information in a very short period of time.
In these instances, almost all of us resort to the age-old study technique of reading through the textbook over and over again in the hope that some of it will stick.
