"We've all been around people who repeat things they're learning out loud. Or just mouth the words. They look a little odd: smart people just file knowledge away. They don't have to talk to themselves. Actually, smart people do talk to themselves. A study published Learning, Memory, and Cognition found that saying words out loud-or just mouthing them-makes them more distinctive by separating them from all the other words you're thinking."
"Sounds odd, I know. But a study published in the Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology shows the simple act of asking yourself whether you will remember something significantly improves the odds that you will remember, in some cases by as much as 50%. That's especially true for remembering things you want to do. Psychologists call them prospective memories: remembering to perform a planned action, or recall a planned intention, at some point in the future."
"Some of my best ideas come to me when I'm exercising. At least I think they're some of my best ideas; by the time I actually get a chance to write them down, I've often forgotten them. While you could argue that something I was unable to remember for an hour or so can't be that great, still: we've all had things we wanted to remember, but couldn't."
Simple, low-effort strategies can meaningfully boost short-term memory and recall. Saying words aloud or mouthing them increases distinctiveness by separating those words from other thoughts, which enhances memorability. Asking oneself whether one will remember an item can raise recall odds, in some cases by as much as 50%, and is particularly effective for prospective memories such as planned actions or intentions. Traditional memory techniques like mnemonics, chunking, and memory palaces require substantial effort. These spoken rehearsal and metacognitive prediction techniques require little time or effort while improving the likelihood of remembering important information.
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