Psychology

Ten hours of study spread across a month beats ten hours crammed into one night

Hermann Ebbinghaus documented in 1885 that memories fade fastest right after learning, and that spacing repetitions apart preserves them far better than repeating them back to back. The effect has since been replicated in well over a thousand studies, across vocabulary, surgical skills and everything between. The same total practice time works far better spread out than crammed into one sitting.

Hermann Ebbinghaus, Spacing effect — Über das Gedächtnis, 1885; replicated in 1,000+ subsequent studies

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