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What’s your ultimate cheat code to trigger neuroplasticity and learn faster?
Chapter 1
The birth of a science
Chapter 2
How we learn and remember
Chapter 3
The social animal
Chapter 4
The brain's hardware
Ch 2 · How we learn and remember
thewriter Memory consolidation
Sleep brings it back, / moves to the cortex, / locks in the track.
thewriter Jean Piaget showed that children do not just know less than adults; they think entirely differently.
Fun Fact
Memory limits: The average human can only hold about four 'chunks' of visual information in their active short-term memory at once.
thewriter Human short-term memory is remarkably limited, holding only a few items at a time.
Glossary
memory (noun)
The mental faculty of retaining and recalling past experiences, information, or knowledge. In 1885, Hermann Ebbinghaus published the first scientific investigations into human memory using nonsense syllables.
The mental faculty of retaining and recalling past experiences, information, or knowledge. In 1885, Hermann Ebbinghaus published the first scientific investigations into human memory using nonsense syllables.
Quiz
What cognitive concept refers to a child's understanding that an object still exists even when it is hidden?
BETA
thewriter Swipe thoughts onto the right tracks to discover how the brain makes decisions.
Quiz
What term describes the brain's ability to physically reorganize and adapt its pathways throughout life?
Quiz
According to George Miller's 1956 paper, what is the 'magic number' of items human working memory can typically hold?
Quiz
In classical conditioning, what is the bell or tone called after the dog learns to associate it with food?
Quiz
Which type of memory stores facts and general knowledge, like the capital of France?
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What technique involves grouping individual bits of information into larger, familiar units to improve memory?
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Which developmental psychologist proposed that children progress through four distinct stages of cognitive growth?