The dead moose would be profoundly better as the surgeon general.

This looks to me like the dogs owned by an Egyptian hieroglyphic carver. He’d have left them at home, but then he’d come home to his bedding and draperies chewed, so he brought them to work.

In all seriousness, this could actually help. Smell and taste are known to be strong memory triggers.

I wonder if having a certain flavoured/scented lozenge whilst studying a topic (one you don’t normally use), and then using it during a test, would maybe help with recall?

I’ve never heard of a study in this, but it could be interesting to see if it helps at all?

‘Edited to add’

Thanks. :)

I have Ehlers Danlos, which is mostly a curse, but has the benefit of looking really young.

This is great advice, thanks!

Kegels. You can master rhythm, be better at sex, and prevent incontinence as you age. Best of all worlds.

I never claimed anything else. Also, the fi in my scifi is there on purpose. :)

That’s true. This is a slightly broader method, though.

You still start with your ideal method (read it first), then study by augmenting by adding as many senses as possible: read it out loud to yourself, make flash cards for key definitions/concepts, draw concept, etc.

For people who learn best a certain way, this is meant to supplement, not replace.

Then read it more than once: in your head, then aloud. That’s still worth doing, because it still engages vision, speech, hearing, etc, even if you must read through silently before this to grok it.

I’d still do this anyhow.

Yes exactly. I did this with my son when he was young (90s).

This is why I think there’s a name for this – it seems obvious enough for sociologists and psychologists to have looked into it.

Yeah, that’s a good strategy.

Back in the day, open book was really rare, so being able to do closed book exams was crucial.

Your method means it doesn’t matter if it’s closed or open, and you can go above and beyond easily with open book. That’s really cool and what I’d want, too.

Kinda my own arse?

I raised a full-blown adult, and this is how we did things. He did very well, and played a lot of video games.

I don’t know, but this feels like something so obvious I’d think studies likely show this. If not, I’ll retract. But I’ve seen it work a lot in a bunch of different environments. That’s why I think there should be a name for this. It’s practically a given, but a lot of people don’t seem to know. So YSK.

I’ve mentored people before, and I learned more during that process than during any conferences or seminars.

For years, I bounce things off my cat. She’s learned a lot.

Oh shit, I also whooshed.

Maybe? Sorry, I undid my edit, and I probably shouldn’t have. After rereading it, I didn’t think it added anything – are you referring to the personal anecdote from that temp edit, or my original comment?

I may have put them off by being too aggressive. I’m pretty annoyed at this point, but if someone is engaging, maybe I should dial it back?

No, I am the gatekeeper.

To be fair, you don’t always need to rely on fan mods for this. Apparently, Rockstar spent an absurd amount of time and attention getting the jiggle physics on horse testicles just right.

This has a name? I thought this was just how it works. It’s why we think out loud.

eta: thinking + speaking + hearing engages more of your brain. That’s obvious, right? More engagement == more connections?