Memory, Studying Techniques

Mastering Learning Without a Mind’s Eye: Effective Study Strategies for Aphantasia

How to use study strategies for aphantasia and boost your learning without mental imagery.Imagine trying to visualise a lush, green forest in your mind—hearing the rustling leaves, feeling the warmth of the sunlight through the trees—only to find that the image never materialises.For those with aphantasia, this is a daily [...]

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The Method of Loci: Unlock the Power of this Memory Enhancement Technique

Memory plays a critical role in our daily lives, from remembering to complete simple tasks to mastering complex information for professional exams. Among the myriad techniques to enhance memory, the method of loci stands out for its effectiveness and historical significance. What is the Method of Loci? Also known as [...]

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Mastering Professional Exams

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The Lobster Effect

Many Financial Advisers feel stressed and overworked. If that sounds like you, you'll probably be able to relate to my video.The Lobster Effect and How Financial Advisers are Making the Same MistakeYou're busy.You’re productiveYou’re effective.You’re a Financial Adviser.And you’re on your own.You’re heroically managing your client portfolio, your business and [...]

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How bad is your memory?

How bad is your memory exactly? Do you need to be Brain of Britain to pass your exams? German psychologist, Herman Ebbinghaus was the first to describe just how good at forgetting we are! Assuming that you start off knowing 95% or so of what you’ve just learned, within a [...]

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Write less, remember more!

Did you know that if you write less, you'll remember more?Well, it’s true!In fact, some therapists encourage their clients to forget their troublesome past by getting them to write in minute detail, over and over again, all their complaints about it - until they forget what they’re supposed to be [...]

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How to make notes your brain will remember for the exam and beyond

Want to know how to make notes your brain will remember? We all know we need to make notes when we revise, don’t we? But does everyone know the best sort of notes to make? Probably not. Make these mistakes and more than likely, your brain will forget what you’re [...]

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10 Tweaks to a Better Memory

Wish you had  better memory? I’m assuming that at least from time to time, you make a heroic effort to study for your Advanced Exams. And I’m also assuming that no matter how hard you work to get information into your head, that over the subsequent few days and weeks [...]

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Memory loss and memory growth

Talking of memory loss, you know there are three signs of old age… The first is memory loss. And I can’t remember the other four… Who first said that? And, as Nicholas Parsons has asked, why is it OK to joke about old age, when we’re so careful not to [...]

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Pen is mightier than keyboard

See this clever infographic to discover why penmanship beats computers hands down! [...]