Our brain can potentially memorize 2.5 petabytes of information, which is roughly the equivalent of 3 million hours of YouTube videos. In order to use some of that staggering capacity a little more effectively when you study, here are some tips that are based on widely-accepted research by neuroscientists and learning experts. #learn #learning #studying Support our work and become a patreon: https://patreon.com/sprouts Never miss a new video: http://eepurl.com/dNU4BQ Read the entire scripts here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NzpdaYgnzHI1CPRvQy3z67W2s8U_Ny0en7eriAcsHuk/edit?usp=sharing Books: - The Mind within the Net: Models of Learning, Thinking, and Acting, by Manfred Spitzer (http://a.co/5zaSMdF) - How we Learn, by Benedict Carey (http://a.co/aOJM4BW) - A Mind For Numbers, by Barbara Oakley, (http://a.co/7T1Gur4) Sources: Brain Capacity https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-the-memory-capacity/ Spaced Repetition http://science.sciencemag.org/content/344/6188/1173.full http://www.alzforum.org/news/research-news/while-you-were-sleeping-synapses-forged-amyloid-purged https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaced_repetition#Research_and_applications Find your own Style http://www.br-online.de/jugend/izi/english/publication/televizion/25_2012_E/huether_learning.pdf Good Night Sleep http://www.mcgill.ca/channels/news/give-it-time-and-sleep-25022 Spaced Repetition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaced_repetition#Research_and_applications Pomodoro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique Hard Stuff first https://staciechoice1010.wordpress.com/category/learning-solutions-in-action/ Expertise, Meditate, Converse https://www.ted.com/talks/sandrine_thuret_you_can_grow_new_brain_cells_here_s_how https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3004979/ Go Places https://www.tamu.edu/faculty/stevesmith/SmithMemory/SmithSageChapter.pdf Take Fun Seriously https://www.edutopia.org/blog/neuroscience-behind-stress-and-learning-judy-willis Space Your Studies http://www.psych.utoronto.ca/users/shkim/Bahrick%20et%20al.%20(1993)%20spacing%20effect.pdf 70% Recite vs 30% Memorizse https://archive.org/details/recitationasfact00gaterich Instant Self-Test http://learninglab.psych.purdue.edu/downloads/2006_Roediger_Karpicke_PsychSci.pdf