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How short-term memory works

Why we forget things so quickly ...
You're in the kitchen, baking a cake, and the recipe calls for two cups of sugar. By the time you choose between the brown ...
People viewed the tiny colored squares (in the larger box at the top) for a tenth of a second; then, after 1 second and after 4 seconds, they could usually match the color of the highlighted box to a ...
Memory has limits but can be improved with focus, chunking, and spaced repetition. Testing recall and reducing distractions ...