'Overlearning' Can Force Important Information Into Your Longterm Memory
by Lindsey Ellefson from Lifehacker on (#6ECNY)
Do you want to learn the material you're studying-like, really learn it? Then what you need to do is overlearn it. One learning theory suggests that if you overlearn, you'll attain automaticity-or the ability to do something without having to think about it-and ultimately retain more knowledge. Here's what...