[Tutor] how can a value be retrieved from an event loop?

[DL Neil]

On 11/18/23 11:15, Phil wrote:
> I used to be able to read a text book from cover to cover and then do 
> well in an exam, now I cannot even remember reading the book. A 
> failing memory is just yet another frustration of ageing.


We were taught to make notes as we read - something that has passed 
out-of-favor. Nevertheless, psychology tells us that if we write notes 
we are more likely to remember* (so, why write the notes then?), and if 
we re-read those notes at the end of the day (for example), and then 
againt at the end of the week; the "spaced repetition" assists transfer 
from short-term, to long-term memory!

Even our digirati grand-children suddenly discover (a) the value of 
taking notes, and (b) the pyschology of writing with a pen cf typing - 
which may be even more of a surprise!


* more likely than if we didn't take notes


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Regards =dn

Research topic: Cognitive Psychology