Brain, memory and effective study

Mini-workshop on mnemonic techniques and spaced repetition at AHA 2017.

Transcript

1. Brain, Memory and Effective study Ivan Zimine AHA 2017
2. Brain anatomy 1.3 kg, (< 2% body weight), 20% oxygen consumption
3. right vs left
4. right vs left verbal vs non-verbal
5. gray & white matter
6. Neurons and synapses
7. memory = number and strength of synaptic connections local spatial extraordinary event or repetition (long-term potentiation) many associations
8. Mnemonics Μνημοσύνη
10. BAD: broken as designed CRAP: contrast repetition alignment proximity design acronyms
11. My very educated mother…
12. Mnemonic techniques Basic abbreviations & acronyms rhythm & chunking Peg system number-shape number-rhyme Journey/Memory palace Major system
13. Personal SAFE Personal Sexy Absurd Funny Exaggerated
15. Major system 0 - s, z, x 1 - d, t 2 - n 3 - m 4 - r 5 - l (L) 6 - g, j, zh, sh, ch 7 - k, hard g, q 8 - f, v, w 9 - b, p 33 = mm = mama 55 = LOL (self) 14 = tire … my turtle pancho will, my love, …
16. Effective Study
17. Forgetting curve
18. Spaced repetition
19. https://apps.ankiweb.net Spaced repetition
20. Active recall
21. Resources
22. https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn
23. http://www.cdu.edu.au/moocs/memory
24. http://artofmemory.com/wiki/Main_Page