Quote by Daniel Kahneman

“For example, students of policy have noted that the availability heuristic helps explain why some issues are highly salient in the public’s mind while…

— Daniel Kahneman

An educated memory depends on an organized system of associations; and its goodness depends on two of their peculiarities: first, on the persistency of…

— William James

“On another occasion, Amos and I wondered about the rate of divorce among professors in our university. We noticed that the question triggered a…

— Daniel Kahneman

“One of the most striking research findings is the power of active retrieval—testing—to strengthen memory, and that the more effortful the retrieval, the stronger…

— Peter C. Brown

The importance of repetition until automaticity cannot be overstated. Repetition is the key to learning.

— John Wooden

Every way of classifying a thing is but a way of handling it for some particular purpose.

— William James

When you want to organize knowledge. you will be careful to base the classification upon essential qualities. You will thus derive classes in which…

— Barrows Dunham

Much can often be learned by the repetition under different conditions, even if the desired result is not obtained.

— Anonymous

Unrivalled not only in its class, but in a class by itself.

— Gordon R. Dickson

I'm reluctant to use the word class so much.

— Timothy West

“heuristics are simple, efficient rules—either hard-wired in our brains or learned—that kick in especially when we're facing problems with incomplete information.”

— David DiSalvo

“Retrieval practice—recalling facts or concepts or events from memory—is a more effective learning strategy than review by rereading. Flashcards are a simple example. Retrieval…

— Peter C. Brown