Retrieving memories makes them easier to retrieve

In the context of learning, we can read and learn a lot for a certain material, storing them in our long-term memory. These memories are easier to be retrieved again in the future when you make an attempt to retrieve the memory (also called Testing effect).

Retrieving the memory can be easier when you have a mechanism for it, such as making the time to review what you've learnt, or perhaps creating cues for it (Remembering can be improved by deliberately creating cues).

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References

Goldstein, Cognitive Psychology (p. 19)

Thus, what has been demonstrated this and other studies is that retrieving information from memory increases the chance that the same information will be retrieved again in the near future.

Backlinks

• Retrieval-based learning
  • Retrieval-based learning is a type of practice that makes learning more effective by leveraging this idea: Retrieving memories makes them easier to retrieve.