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Research indicates that repetition and distributed practice effectively fires and rewires the brain, thereby strengthening memory and improving learning potential. This approach aims to develop and ...

What's the best way to study for a test? A new study says taking practice tests and engaging in distributed practice -- which means sticking to a schedule of spreading out your studying over time -- ...

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Forget the highlighting and summarizing. If you want to study better, new research suggests that those common learning techniques aren't very effective. Instead, psychologists recommend two techniques ...