AMES, IA – Whether you’re trying to ace a test or pick up a new hobby, Iowa State Psychology Professor Shana Carpenter says combining two strategies – spacing and retrieval practice – is key to ...

Why Cognitive Training Is the Best Activity for Better Memory “What gives me hope and what I see in both research and my ...

(MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass., Nov. 24, 2016)--Learning by taking practice tests, a strategy known as retrieval practice, can protect memory against the negative effects of stress, report scientists from ...

Brain injury researchers have identified retrieval practice as a useful strategy for improving memory among children and adolescents with traumatic brain injury, researchers have found. Difficulties ...

Researchers have shown that retrieval practice can improve memory in individuals with severe traumatic brain injury. Despite the small sample size, it was clear that retrieval practice was superior to ...

Remembering the past is fraught with competition. Given the associative nature of memory, remembering a goal-relevant memory often involves selecting it against several competing memories, placing ...

Despite the benefits of retrieval practice, students still tend to opt for more passive strategies. Here’s how to embed ...

Today, we’ve asked Robert A. Bjork to share his tip of the week. This is the last in a four-part series on learning. You can read the first one here, the second here, and the third here. Years ago, ...

Source: Nguyen Nguyen for Stocksnap, used with permission. Have you ever freaked out and forgotten everything you needed to know at the onset of an exam? A study published in the November 25, 2016 ...