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While learning is a fundamental skill, it's surprising that it's so hard to find accurate and up-to-date information on how to learn well. You may be like many others who believe the Internet should make it easier to find such information. Instead, it's helped many organizations make a lot of money selling inaccurate and out-of-date products and information. Let's look at some examples:
Why is there such a large interest in memory improvement products? When you consider that humans, on average, forget 80% or more of material they've learned after only 24 hours, you can start to understand why people are seeking ways to help "lock in" information. Unfortunately though, many people are looking for the "silver bullet" to memory improvement. There is no silver bullet.
We can, however, tell you what does work.
While learning is a fundamental skill, it's surprising that it's so hard to find accurate and up-to-date information on how to learn well. You may be like many others who believe the Internet should make it easier to find such information. Instead, it's helped many organizations make a lot of money selling inaccurate and out-of-date products and information. Let's look at some examples:
- Subliminal Learning and Sleep Learning. Millions of tapes & CDs sold - however much reliable research shows it doesn't work.
- Superlearning, or "music for learning." There are dozens of products available - from CDs of "accelerated learning music" to books and courses. Research shows that while music helps relaxation, it doesn't directly help the learning process.
- Dietary Supplements for "Memory." Part of the multi-billion-dollar natural supplements market. Few products have a significant impact on memory when tested in controlled trials, and some are dangerous!
Why is there such a large interest in memory improvement products? When you consider that humans, on average, forget 80% or more of material they've learned after only 24 hours, you can start to understand why people are seeking ways to help "lock in" information. Unfortunately though, many people are looking for the "silver bullet" to memory improvement. There is no silver bullet.
We can, however, tell you what does work.
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