Teaching others what you know is one of the most effective ways to learn, remember and recall new information. Psychologists, call it the " retrieval practice ". It's one of the most reliable ways of building stronger memory traces.
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Continuously quizzing yourself, something called ‘retrieval practice’ jogs the memory and builds stronger traces. The harder the retrieval is, the stronger the memory formation.
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