Remembering What You Read

Reading is easy. But remembering is hard. Words and concepts may be introduced for the first time and can be a challenge to recall.  The purpose of the short article today is to add more tools to your learning techniques so that you can get more out of this website or any other reading material.

How to remember what you read.

1. Right after reading, recall in your mind what you just read.
2. Link the disease/topic in your mind with someone that you know that may have that medical condition. Make a memory chain. Connecting new information with something you already know is a proven way to memorize.
3. Associate the photos or videos in the article with the topic. Some people recall images more and can remember better if they link the message with the pictures.
4. Ask questions about the topic before and after you read it. The 4Ws and 1H: who, where, what, why, and when, and how is a great start.
5. Click the links on the articles. The links provide an explanation to that word.
6. If you have time, write or draw whatever you just read. Use your own words.
7. Better yet, draw a concept diagram like  A→B→C (A leads to B that leads to C). Many studies have attested to the effectivity of that method.
8. Use the search box for any other topics. With almost 100 items on this website, you may get lucky.

Thanks for reading. Feel free to ask questions, comment, share, like, and subscribe. Do you have any other tips on how you remember things? Let us know in the comments section.

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