No one can remember everything. However, forgetting too quickly, too much is not good at all. And if you want to remember for a long time, there must be a way.
“Learn first, forget later” is a situation that many of us – including students, students or working people – have experienced.
Although this is normal, it is indeed something no one wants. We want to remember all the knowledge we need for work and study, and this is even more true in exams.
So how to be able to remember but forget “less” than usual? Here are some methods created by Hermann Ebbinghaus – a German psychologist. Try it, you will be surprised.
If you keep loading information, the brain will be overloaded.
Many people think that we only exploit 10% of our brain, but that is not the case. Any job you do requires different parts of your brain to function. In other words, the brain must always operate at full capacity.
If you keep loading information in that state, the brain will be overloaded. Therefore, nature has left us with a defense mechanism , that is… erasing information that is considered useless.
But what is useless? In fact, every new information you come into contact with will be stored in your short-term memory. If not repeated, not used often, such information will be classified as useless, and deleted very quickly.
The time of information from being remembered to forgetting by Ebbinghaus is shown by a graph called: The forgetting line . Accordingly, after only 1 hour, we forget more than half of the information we receive. And after 1 week, we can only remember about 20%.
The answer is no , but we still have a way to prevent information from being forgotten , which is to turn useless information into useful information by repeating it (a job called by many generations of students). the abstract name is… “chanting cards” ).
To memorize it quickly, Ebbinghaus suggests that you “recite” the information four times. The first time is right after studying, read it again. The next 3 iterations will be cyclically: after 15 – 20 minutes; after 6 – 8 hours; and after 24 hours.
For long-term memorization, the rereading process must be divided into five stages. The first is still right after school. Next is after 20-30 minutes; after 24 hours; after 2 – 3 weeks; and after 2-3 months.
Besides, Ebbinghaus also sets out 10 tips for you to remember better.