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Active Recall - Retrieving information from memory as a learning technique.
Chunking - Grouping information into meaningful units to enhance memory and comprehension.
Context Window - The maximum number of tokens an LLM can process in a single interaction, determining how much information it can consider when generating responses.
Document to Forget - The purpose of documentation is to free your mind from remembering—once properly recorded, information can be safely forgotten.
Elaboration Strategies - Learning techniques that connect new information to existing knowledge through explanation and examples.
Elaboration - Processing information deeply by connecting it to existing knowledge.
Encoding Specificity - Memory retrieval is better when the context at recall matches the context during learning.
Encoding - The process of converting information into memory traces.
Episodic Memory - Long-term memory for personal experiences and specific events with their context.
Experience Stretching - Extending the happiness from positive experiences through anticipation, savoring, and reminiscence.
Forgetting is a Form of Learning - Forgetting helps the brain filter irrelevant information and strengthens memory through retrieval practice.
Forgetting Curve - The exponential decay of memory retention over time.
Generation Effect - Information is better remembered when generated than when merely read.
Hindsight Bias - The tendency to see past events as having been predictable.
Hippocampus - The brain region essential for forming new memories and spatial navigation.
Hypercorrection Effect - High-confidence errors are more likely to be corrected when you receive feedback than low-confidence errors.
Interleaving - Mixing different topics or problem types during study sessions.
Knowledge Retention - The ability to preserve and maintain learned information over time, preventing forgetting.
Leitner System - A flashcard-based spaced repetition method that sorts cards into boxes based on mastery level.
Limbic System - The brain's emotional processing center, responsible for emotions, memories, and arousal.
Massed vs Distributed Practice - Cramming (massed) versus spreading practice over time (distributed) - distributed wins for retention.
Memory Palace - A mnemonic technique using visualization of familiar locations to encode and recall information.
Mnemonic Devices - Memory aids that use patterns, associations, or imagery to make information easier to remember.
Overlearning - Continuing practice beyond initial mastery to achieve deeper retention and automaticity.
Peak-End Rule - We judge experiences based on their most intense moment and how they end, not their average.
Pretesting - Testing yourself on material before learning it improves subsequent learning, even when you get answers wrong.
Production Effect - Speaking information aloud improves memory compared to silent reading.
Retrieval Practice - Using testing and recall as a learning strategy, not just an assessment method.
Retrieval - The process of accessing and bringing stored information into consciousness.
Rosy Retrospection - Remembering past events more positively than they actually were.
The Rule of 3 - When you distill any topic into 3 things, you've got a memorable framework.
Schema Theory - A cognitive framework explaining how knowledge is organized in interconnected mental structures.
Semantic Memory - Long-term memory for facts, concepts, and general knowledge independent of personal experience.
Sleep Architecture - The structure and pattern of sleep stages that cycle throughout the night, each serving distinct functions.
Spaced Repetition - A learning technique that reviews information at increasing intervals.
Spacing Effect - Learning is more effective when study sessions are spaced out over time.
State-Dependent Learning - Information learned in one mental or physical state is better recalled in that same state.
Testing Effect - Learning is enhanced when you retrieve information through testing rather than just re-reading or reviewing.
Time Perception - Our subjective experience of time varies based on our emotional state, attention, and engagement level.
Working Memory - The limited-capacity system for temporarily holding and manipulating information.

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