The best textbook on memory I’m aware of is Baddeley Eysenck Anderson. It is quite good, but some of the definitions are vague, so you’ll need to reference Wikipedia,.
Memory palaces, more formally known as Method of Loci, are well-supported by the academic literature. Brienne’s presentation is a fantastic introduction, in line with all the academic literature I’ve read.
I use Anki. It gets the job done quite well, and although other software may be just as good or better, I’m left with no desire to try anything else. See janki method for implementation suggestions.
I’m in the middle of a course on memory; according to my notes, making outlines is a good way of studying for a test and thinking about things in terms of future plans is “perhaps the best way of remembering stuff” (so, if I wanted to remember regular expressions, I might imagine doing this with them).
According to Scott, bacopa is “a memory-enhancing drug that performs very well in studies”—assuming you take it consistently for 3 months. According to my soylent spreadsheet, this is the most cost-effective source. According to Reddit, this is source with the lowest amounts of heavy metals (which are well within limits set by FDA). Reddit also has dosing recommendations. Apparently is also an axiolytic, so yay. Note that bacopa tastes nasty, so many people pay a bit extra for pills, although I find the taste trivial to deal with if I have a glass of water to wash the powder down with.
There is an easy way of watching the lectures. It involves paying Harvard University $1,250 whenever the class is next offered. Their video streaming is on par with Youtube circa 2007, but at least it works.
There is also a free way of watching the lectures, but it involves me breaking a contract I made with Harvard University, which I’m all manner of unwilling to do. However, they’ve made the video to the first lecture publicly available in the course description, so there’s that.
The best textbook on memory I’m aware of is Baddeley Eysenck Anderson. It is quite good, but some of the definitions are vague, so you’ll need to reference Wikipedia,.
Memory palaces, more formally known as Method of Loci, are well-supported by the academic literature. Brienne’s presentation is a fantastic introduction, in line with all the academic literature I’ve read.
I use Anki. It gets the job done quite well, and although other software may be just as good or better, I’m left with no desire to try anything else. See janki method for implementation suggestions.
I’m in the middle of a course on memory; according to my notes, making outlines is a good way of studying for a test and thinking about things in terms of future plans is “perhaps the best way of remembering stuff” (so, if I wanted to remember regular expressions, I might imagine doing this with them).
According to Scott, bacopa is “a memory-enhancing drug that performs very well in studies”—assuming you take it consistently for 3 months. According to my soylent spreadsheet, this is the most cost-effective source. According to Reddit, this is source with the lowest amounts of heavy metals (which are well within limits set by FDA). Reddit also has dosing recommendations. Apparently is also an axiolytic, so yay. Note that bacopa tastes nasty, so many people pay a bit extra for pills, although I find the taste trivial to deal with if I have a glass of water to wash the powder down with.
Which source?
Nootropics Depot. If you dig around the comments of the Reddit link, you’ll find that it’s the same one as the first one in the OP there.
I want to take that course. I was looking around, but it may be easier to just ask: is there an easy way to watch the lectures, perhaps for free?
There is an easy way of watching the lectures. It involves paying Harvard University $1,250 whenever the class is next offered. Their video streaming is on par with Youtube circa 2007, but at least it works.
There is also a free way of watching the lectures, but it involves me breaking a contract I made with Harvard University, which I’m all manner of unwilling to do. However, they’ve made the video to the first lecture publicly available in the course description, so there’s that.
Am I correct that I get course credit as a part of that bargain?
Yes (4 credits).