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Rereading Won’t Make You Smarter (This Will).

🧠 Want to ACTUALLY remember what you study? Spoiler: rereading books or your notes isn’t the answer.

📖 Rereading is easier, but it creates a false sense of mastery. You mistake increasing familiarity with the text as comprehension and retention.

💪 Retrieval practice is harder, but works MUCH better. You’ll spot gaps in your learning and build robust, long-term memories.

⚡ Try it next time: instead of rereading a chapter or going over your notes again, close the book and test yourself. Your brain will thank you later.


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