Students who write class notes by hand learn more than those who type their notes on laptops.
Source-Mueller PA, Oppenheimer DM. The pen is mightier than the keyboard: advantages of longhand over laptop note taking. Psychol Sci. 2014;25(6):1159-68. doi:10.1177/0956797614524581
A person who is left-brained is more logical, analytical, and objective, while right-brained people are more intuitive, thoughtful, and subjective.
The idea of right brain/left brain thinkers has been debunked. Source-Rogers, M. Researchers Debunk Myth of "Right Brain" and "Left-Brain" Personality Traits. University of Utah, Office of Public Affairs; 2013.
Chewing gum can help increase your ability to remember recall items on tests.
25% to 50% HIGHER!- Source-Onyper SV, Carr TL, Farrar JS, Floyd BR. Cognitive advantages of chewing gum. Now you see them, now you don't. Appetite. 2011;57(2):321-8. doi:10.1016/j.appet.2011.05.313
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Research from Singapore suggests that consuming 1 pound of celery per week improves human memory.
Studies have found that reading materials out loud significantly improves​ your memory of the material.
Source-Forrin ND, Macleod CM. This time it's personal: the memory benefit of hearing oneself. Memory. 2018;26(4):574-579. doi:10.1080/09658211.2017.1383434
Taking a nap for just 45 to 60 minutes before a memory task is a bad habit. It leads to a decline in memory for that specific task.
Studies have shown that taking a short nap 46-60 minutes before a memort task can lead to a five-fold improvement in performance! Source-Studte S, Bridger E, Mecklinger A. Nap sleep preserves associative but not item memory performance. Neurobiol Learn Mem. 2015;120:84-93. doi:10.1016/j.nlm.2015.02.012
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Clenching your right fist before you learn something and then clenching your left when you remember it might just lead to better memory.
Source-Propper RE, Mcgraw SE, Brunyé TT, Weiss M. Getting a grip on memory: unilateral hand clenching alters episodic recall. PLoS ONE. 2013;8(4):e62474. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0062474
Moving your eyes from side to side for just 30 seconds each morning has been shown to improve memory.
Yes-they found 10 percent better on recall tasks later on and also found that such bilateral eye movements reduced false memories on memory tasks by 15 percent. Source-Roberts BRT, Fernandes MA, Macleod CM. Re-evaluating whether bilateral eye movements influence memory retrieval. PLoS ONE. 2020;15(1):e0227790. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0227790
The human brain stores memory in related clusters. Organizing materials you are studying in the same way will improve your memory.
Source: Manning JR, Kahana MJ. Interpreting semantic clustering effects in free recall. Memory. 2012;20(5):511-517. doi:10.1080/09658211.2012.683010
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Memories of events are typically accurate and do not change over time.
A 1988 study conducted by Ulric Neisser, a cognitive psychologist and professor at Emory University, has proven this bo be untrue.
