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Leitner Box System
The MemoryLifter uses a slightly modified version of the Leitner box system, but the basic concept is the same. Here, all cards are pulled from the so-called pool which contains all available cards at first. To customize the software to your individual needs you can see and edit the box sizes. For this you select Show/Edit Box Sizes... in the Learn menu.
Thank you for the music: How does music affect our memory?
Twinkle, twinkle, little star
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky
Twinkle, twinkle, little star
How I wonder what you are.
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LiON-FONe-BeBC
Have you ever heard of LiON-FONe-BeBC? No, it's not a hotline for lions provided by the BBC. It's a self-made acronym that helped me recall the second row elements of the periodic table in our Chemistry class and stands for "Lithium, Oxygen…" If you ever have to memorize facts, look at the keywords of the facts and their first letters. Then scramble them until you get a pronounceable expression that makes sense to you. This mnemonic strategy is quite easy and effective – try it!
Ali Baba and the forty thieves: How can Yoga lead to a happy end
As an experienced brain, I can tell you that your body is not that much different from a battery. If you're flat, you have got to be recharged with energy in order to work efficiently. May sound logical, but a whole lot of people are not aware of this. Although my boss is a smart guy (of course he is, with a brain like me), he needed quite a bit of time until he realized that he needed to learn to relax properly.
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Ali Baba and the forty thieves: How can stress change a whole story
Life as a brain can be really tough sometimes. I hardly ever get sleep since I need to control the central nervous system and regulate virtually all activities of my boss' body - day and night! One aspect that really affects my work is stress.
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Learning: What's love got to do with it?
Wilt thou be gone? It is not yet near day:
It was the nightingale, and not the lark,
That pierced the fearful hollow of thine ear;
Nightly she sings on yon pomegranate-tree:
Believe me, love, it was the nightingale.
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It's all about making the right choice
Have you ever heard of the fairy tale "Cinderella"? It's a story about a girl who is treated like a servant by her stepmother and stepsisters. One day, the king prepares a ball to find a wife for the his son, the prince. Cinderella dreams of attending the dance and is miraculously provided with a beautiful gown and a fancy carriage...
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