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wildcat2030: Do you struggle to remember the periodic table of elements, but have no trouble recalling all of the Pokemon? Can’t find that French vocabulary word you crammed on the airplane to Paris, but still remember all the words to “We Didn’t Start the Fire?” The reason we struggle with remembering some things and have trouble forgetting others, some experts say, might not be simply because some things are fun and others are boring. It could be because, paradoxically, we learn better when we’re not concentrating. One 2006 study at the University of California Los Angeles (PDF) showed that “the presence of a demanding secondary task during learning modulates the degree to which subjects solve a problem using either declarative memory or habit learning,” the latter being “associated with automaticity, such that performance does not require effortful attention or working memory.” Distract someone with some other challenge, and you can sneak in learning. (via Know-It-All App Lets You Learn Without Thinking | Game|Life | Wired.com)

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Do you struggle to remember the periodic table of elements, but have no trouble recalling all of the Pokemon? Can’t find that French vocabulary word you crammed on the airplane to Paris, but still remember all the words to “We Didn’t Start the Fire?” The reason we struggle with remembering some things and have trouble forgetting others, some experts say, might not be simply because some things are fun and others are boring. It could be because, paradoxically, we learn better when we’re not concentrating. One 2006 study at the University of California Los Angeles (PDF) showed that “the presence of a demanding secondary task during learning modulates the degree to which subjects solve a problem using either declarative memory or habit learning,” the latter being “associated with automaticity, such that performance does not require effortful attention or working memory.” Distract someone with some other challenge, and you can sneak in learning. (via Know-It-All App Lets You Learn Without Thinking | Game|Life | Wired.com)

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