Revealed: The simple ‘40-second’ secret to boost your memory
If your memory constantly lets
you down, here’s a simple technique that may just be the answer to your
problems (if you don’t forget it).
It’s known as the drawing effect and will help you remember and recall information more easily in less than 40 seconds, according to a new study.
While Sherlock Holmes may rely on his ‘mind palace’, researchers believe simply sketching the words or concepts that you want to remember will give you a significant memory boost, brain and behaviour blog Digest BPS explains.
It’s known as the drawing effect and will help you remember and recall information more easily in less than 40 seconds, according to a new study.
While Sherlock Holmes may rely on his ‘mind palace’, researchers believe simply sketching the words or concepts that you want to remember will give you a significant memory boost, brain and behaviour blog Digest BPS explains.
Drawn words were better recalled
than written in experiments, researchers from the University of Waterloo
found, suggesting it could be useful technique to try when it comes to
revising for an important exam.
Students were given 30 simple words to draw, like an apple and orange, and were then given 40 seconds per word to draw it or write it out repeatedly.
They later gave the participants a surprise memory test and found that students who drew the words were able to recall twice as many of them than those who had written them down.
Students were given 30 simple words to draw, like an apple and orange, and were then given 40 seconds per word to draw it or write it out repeatedly.
They later gave the participants a surprise memory test and found that students who drew the words were able to recall twice as many of them than those who had written them down.
“In [some experiments], participants were presented with a list of
words and were asked to either draw or write out each. Drawn words were
better recalled than written,” the researchers said.
“We propose that drawing, through the seamless integration of its constituent parts, produces a synergistic effect, whereby the whole benefit is greater than the sum of the benefit of each component.
However they added: “While we did show that the drawing effect is reliable in group testing in our experiments, the content was still only single words and hardly representative of an academic setting.”
The research was published in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.
“We propose that drawing, through the seamless integration of its constituent parts, produces a synergistic effect, whereby the whole benefit is greater than the sum of the benefit of each component.
However they added: “While we did show that the drawing effect is reliable in group testing in our experiments, the content was still only single words and hardly representative of an academic setting.”
The research was published in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.
Another recent study found that intelligent people are more easily distracted at work than those with a lower IQ.
While procrastinating at work could make you more creative, researchers have suggested.
While procrastinating at work could make you more creative, researchers have suggested.
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