Part 1(Reading 1: How do our memories work?

I can remember important dates from history, but I can't remember my own telephone number.

I can remember my favorite singer's birthday, but I can't remember important dates from history.

Research into our bodies and brains has a lot of practical implications for us.

The question of how we remember and why we forget is a fascinating one.

Many of us have had the experience of being able to easily recall trivial everyday information...

There is now a body of research into how the brain learns and remembers, and it has practical implications for all of us.

Trivial everyday information

Facts we need for an important exam or report

We are doing more listening and reading.

We are paying attention to it.

We are interested in it.

We are relating the new information to things we already know.

We are doing more listening and reading.

We are paying attention to it.

We are interested in it.

We are relating the new information to things we already know.

American

German

French

Canadian

self-quizzing

re-reading notes

long-term

it requires a lot of mental effort to recall learned facts

学んだ事実を思い出すには、多くの精神的な努力が必要です

the effort of trying to remember information helps us remember more

情報を思い出そうとする努力は、私たちがより多くを思い出すのを助けます

closing your book and asking yourself what you remember about the topic

forgetting new information very quickly

explain what you have learned to someone else

reviewing immediately after learning something

linking

mnemonic

pattern

short song

something personal to you

something funny to you

something unusual

something simple and ordinary

details in support of the article's ideas

記事のアイデアを裏付ける詳細

a summary of the article's main points

記事の要点のまとめ

an explanation why self-quizzing is effective

セルフクイズが有効な理由を解説