The author describes some of the best and most effective methods for studying. One of the suggestions he makes is to take breaks while studying and not to do it all in one sitting, (‘don’t cram’). When we study like this, why is it so much more effective and lead to better grades? Also, how and why does going to sleep after studying impact memory consolidation?
The author describes some of the best and most effective methods for studying. One of the suggestions hemakes is to take breaks while studying and not to do it all in one sitting, (‘don’t cram’). When we study like this, why is it so much more effective and lead to better grades? Also, how and why does going to sleep after studying impact memory consolidation?
a. Breaks and sleep offer similar things for cognitive function -- they allow time for consolidation that otherwise would be spent consuming processing capacity.
b. Going to sleep and breaks only help for well-learned effects that can be reconsolidated
c. Its more effective because learning only a little bit is easy. Unfortunately we need to cram, because there is so much to remember.
d. None of these are correct.