Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay SUPERINTELLIGENCE What’s Your Best Study Tip? (Coursera) The minimum information principle, neurophysiology, and its advantages Lorenz Duremdes, Polymath Jan 22 · 3 min read W henever I try to learn something new, I try to learn the source in small portions at a time. This is called incremental learning (a technique commonly used by SuperMemo users). I, however, use Anki for that and I believe it does the job just as well. I also try to implement these 20 rules of formulating knowledge, also written by SuperMemo creator Dr. Piotr Woźniak: https://www.supermemo.com/en/archives1990-2015/articles/20rules Out of all of them, I believe the most important one is the “minimum information principle”: The minimum information principle has its purpose to minimize the changes in synaptic pattern complexity in each successive repetition (i.e. spaced repetition). This can be done by making your flashcards as simple as possible while ensuring that the whole of the collection still sufficiently resembles all of the components. What is another reason to make your flashcards as simple as possible? Because this causes the creation of synaptic patterns with less complexity which, again, is much easier to maintain over each successive repetition. Why do we want to minimize the changes in synaptic pattern complexity over each successive repetition? From: https://www.supermemo.com/en/archives1990-2015/english/ol/ks — Knowledge structuring and representation in learning based on active recall If the spatiotemporal pattern of neuronal discharges was to change its course over a number of repetition, a subset of synapses in the relevant synaptic pattern would not receive sufficient enhancement resulting in partial loss of the learned information. To keep things short, another thing I do when learning new things is to invent multiple questions (or cloze deletions) about the same concept. This increases the probability of recall in any given (real life) situation. By “attacking” the same concept from different angles, I increase the amount of cues (synaptic pattern extractions) leading to the activation of the same concept i.e. retrieval strength (the other component is storage strength). Dr. Piotr Woźniak calls this “planned redundancy”. The Learning Scientists Blog This second (animated!) diagram illustrates how retrieval strength and storage strength change depending on the… www.learningscientists.org Source: What's your best study tip? | Coursera Community So aside from taking Learning How to Learn which I know has helped many people become much more e ective at learning… coursera.community . . . If you liked this article, you may also like this one: Anki: How I Try to Use Forgetting in My Advantage + Anki Addon And why I think forgetting isn’t a bad thing medium.com . . . This story is published in a Few Words, Medium’s publication that only accepts stories under 500 words. If you have a few meaningful words to say and want to be a writer in our publication, visit here. Some rights reserved Productivity Science Self Improvement Education Learning Discover Medium Make Medium yours Become a member Welcome to a place where words matter. Follow all the topics you care about, and Get unlimited access to the best stories On Medium, smart voices and original we’ll deliver the best stories for you to on Medium — and support writers while ideas take center stage - with no ads in your homepage and inbox. Explore you’re at it. Just $5/month. Upgrade sight. Watch About Help Legal
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