http://www.kurzweilai.net/cramming-for-a-test-dont-do-it-say-ucla-researchers Accelerating Intelligence Thu, 23 May 2013 20:38:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://www.kurzweilai.net/cramming-for-a-test-dont-do-it-say-ucla-researchers/comment-page-1#comment-29252 Luis Thu, 23 Aug 2012 04:27:02 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=159366#comment-29252 could we make a trade-off chart of sleep vs learned material (maybe measured in bits)? because there must be an optimal combination between both. i.e. 6 hs sleep + 5 hours studying > 7 hs sleep + 4 hs studying , etc could we make a trade-off chart of sleep vs learned material (maybe measured in bits)? because there must be an optimal combination between both. i.e. 6 hs sleep + 5 hours studying > 7 hs sleep + 4 hs studying , etc

]]> http://www.kurzweilai.net/cramming-for-a-test-dont-do-it-say-ucla-researchers/comment-page-1#comment-29087 artboy Tue, 21 Aug 2012 18:50:11 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=159366#comment-29087 Going to have to blame the current educational system here. We shouldn't be taking the time to memorize facts and steps, these are things we can let computers do easily. We have more important things to learn. Going to have to blame the current educational system here. We shouldn’t be taking the time to memorize facts and steps, these are things we can let computers do easily. We have more important things to learn.

]]> http://www.kurzweilai.net/cramming-for-a-test-dont-do-it-say-ucla-researchers/comment-page-1#comment-29051 Justin Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:47:55 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=159366#comment-29051 I am under the belief that total time spent in the REM cycle, not total sleep, is the main determinant in memory consolidation or what we think of as 'learning.' I am under the belief that total time spent in the REM cycle, not total sleep, is the main determinant in memory consolidation or what we think of as ‘learning.’

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