This wiki is a collaborative environment for exploring ways to become a better thinker. Topics that can be explored here include MemoryTechniques, MentalMath, CriticalThinking, BrainStorming, ShorthandSystems, NotebookSystems, and SmartDrugs. Other relevant topics are also welcome. <<<

''Tag the notes by the context you would like to retrieve it by''

Example: You have a note on Stanford prison experiment. Using tags like #psychology #experiment is hardly going to aid you in finding this note when you are writing or thinking about a problem. Better would be #"power dynamics in groups" #"misuse of power" <<<

Place notes on map to create a memory palace

First repetition: 1 day

Anki is a program which makes remembering things easy. Because it's a lot more efficient than traditional study methods, you can either greatly decrease your time spent studying, or greatly increase the amount you learn.

Meta-analysis: Hippocampal volume reduction is associated with trauma exposure independent of PTSD diagnosis, albeit additional hippocampal reduction was found in PTSD compared to the trauma-exposed group without PTSD

"Once informed of a confession, an eyewitness is forever tainted."

Mnemosyne aims to be a user-friendly flash card program, with a clean, deceptively simple interface that does not require you to wrap your head around complicated concepts before you can start using it. At the same time, under the hood it is very powerful, and its architecture allows infinite extensibility and customisibility through plugins and a scripting API, for the benefit of power users.

the guy who can't forget.. contrast with Henry M.

Molecular mechanism underlying the mechanism by which Norepinephrine (NE), released during emotional arousal, plays a central role in the emotional regulation of memory.

"Misleading information can turn a lie into memory’s truth. It can cause people to believe that they saw

the patient that inspired memento (severe antergrade amnesia)