Humans forget newly learned material in a matter of days (red curve) unless reviewed from time to time (green curves).
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Humans more easily remember items when they are studied a few times spaced out over a long time span
than when studied repeatedly in a short period of time.
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Spaced repetition is a learning technique in which items are reviewed in increasing intervals of time
to make most use of the spacing effect so that they can be remembered effectively and efficiently.
It is especially well suited for memorizing huge amounts of material and keeping them indefinitely in memory.
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