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astrofinch on Sept 7, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Research Upends Traditional Thinking on Study Habi...

Relevant:

http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/magazine/16-05/ff_woznia...

I'd guess that the closer your study pattern follows this optimal spaced repetition pattern, the faster and better you learn stuff. This is related to the result on mixing things up during each study session.

shadowfox on Sept 7, 2010 [–]

Are there any free tools that help with this?

elviejo on Sept 7, 2010 | | [–]

Anki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anki and Mnemosyne http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mnemosyne_(software)

I like both... and spaced repetition will change the way you learn forever

r7000 on Sept 7, 2010 | | [–]

My webapp: http://flashcarddb.com/

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