EP021 - Why Studying Next to Your Phone Wrecks Your Memory
A documentary on how memory is formed, why working memory is limited, and how notifications, checking and task switching can affect what you actually remember - including what the disputed research on a phone's mere presence does and does not show.
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Human Operating System
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About Human Operating SystemMemory is built by attention, and the phone is very good at taking a cut of it. Switching between studying and a screen weakens learning, even when the session still feels productive.
You almost certainly don't have a memory problem. You have a method problem - and it's one almost nobody is taught to see.
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