Memory and Learning

Definitions

• Memory
• Knowledge
• Memory Consolidation

Improve Memory Performance

• increase depth of processing
• Mnemonics
• Testing Effect
• reduce cognitive load (stress/physical condition/hunger/fatigue)
  • Meditation
  • Sleep

Forgetting

• Memory Decay over Time
• why forgetting?
• Memory Interference
• Directed Forgetting
• Cue-Dependent Forgetting

Reliability

• Reliability of Memories
• Cognitive Memory Biases
• why such an unreliable memory?
  • imagination is in the same part as memory
  • mental time travel allows for imagination

Smart Learning Environments

• don’t send out material before, nobody will read it → Amazon Reading Time

• Roleplay is a strong tool to build behavior

• implementation intention → think about when and where instead of if you will do something

• best final response after workshop

  • 2 days after the end of the workshop
    • forgetting kicks in, can be refreshed to stick for longer
  • content should be a condensed to refresh/relearn quickly

• not best final response

  • sending email right after the end of the workshop or in the evening
  • nobody will read (spent from the day)
  • no forgetting has happened yet