The spacing effect is unintuitive. The common misconception is that massed practice is better than spaced practice. In fact it’s the opposite: If you're going to study something twice (or more), you ...

Repetition is a key element of learning. If you want to remember something, come back to it again and again. But when and how you revisit information matters. Decades of research have shown that ...

Around the country, school and university students are hitting the books in preparation for exams. If you are in this position, you may find yourself trying to memorise information that you first ...