#concept

Frameworks for understanding how things work — building a latticework of mental models as the foundation for better thinking and faster learning.

Csikszentmihalyi's concept of deep, effortless engagement — the conditions that enable it and its relationship to learning.

Anders Ericsson's framework for expert-level skill development — focused practice at the edge of your ability, with immediate feedback and deliberate correction.

How sleep transforms fragile new memories into durable long-term knowledge — and why pulling an all-nighter before an exam is self-sabotage.

The brain's mental workspace — limited to ~4 items, the bottleneck of all learning and thinking.

Ebbinghaus's discovery that we forget most of what we learn within days — and what to do about it.

An overview of the cognitive science behind learning — encoding, storage, retrieval, and why most study habits are backwards.