标题:8tricksforrememberingeverythingyouread source:businessinsider丨byShanaLebowitz 翻译请保留原文链接哦 欲翻译的小伙伴,可评论领稿,并把已完成的译文发在自己的心理圈or个人主页的日志内。请领稿的小伙伴,尽量在一个星期内完成翻译,谢谢!! Plentyofpeopleadmittoforgettingmostofwhattheyread,nomatterhowmuchtheyenjoyedthetext。 Butjustbecauseforgettingisahumanphenomenondoesntmeanyoushouldsimplyacceptit。Infact,thereareplentyofsimple,creativestrategiesforretainingmoreofwhatyoureadwhetherthatsnovels,newsarticles,orscientifictextbooks。 Tofindoutwhatsomeofthosetechniquesare,weperusedtheQuorathread,Howdoyourememberwhatyouvejustread?andscouredthewebforadvicefromotherreaders。 Belowareeightofthemostpracticaltechniquesbonuspointsifyoucanrememberalleighttomorrow。 1。Takenotesonthepage。 Neverreadwithoutapencil,saysQuorauserDenizAte。Underlinesentencesyoufindconfusing,interesting,orimportant。Drawlinesalongthesideofimportantparagraphs。Drawdiagramstoseethestructureofkeyideas。 2。Askyourselfquestionsaboutthematerial。 IngridSpielmanrecommendsinteractingwiththetextbyaskingyourselfquestionsasyougoalong。 Ifyourereadingatextbook,thequestioncanbeassimpleas,Whatisthemainideaofthissection? Ifyourereadingfiction,youcanask,Whatarethemotivesofthecharacter?andIfyoucouldrewritethisreading,whatwouldyourversionbelike? 3。Skimthetextfirst。 AnanonymoususercitesanarticlebyBillKlemm,Ph。D。,aprofessorofneuroscience,whichhighlightsskimmingasakeystrategyforretaininginformation。 Theideahereisnttoskipthewholereadingprocess。Instead,youllwanttoskimthetextforimportanttopicsandkeywordsbeforehandsoyouknowwhattoexpectwhenyouactuallydigintothematerial。Beingfamiliarwiththegeneralthemes,Klemmsays,willhelpyouremembertheparticulars。 girlthinkingFranciscoOsorioFlickr Makeassociationsbetweentheinformationyourereadingandfactsyoualreadyknow。 4。Impress,associate,repeat。 StackExchangeusersamthebrandsaysthatmemoryisathreeprongedprocess。(HisanswerwasreproducedonLifehacker。) Thefirstpartisimpression。Youcanincreasethestrengthoftheimpressionthetextmakesonyoubypicturingthesituationinyourmindorenvisioningyourselfparticipatingintheeventsdescribed。 Thesecondpartisassociation,orlinkingthematerialtosomethingyoualreadyknow。Forexample,maybeoneofthecharactersnamessoundslikeyourfriendsname。 Thethirdpartisrepetition。Themoreyoureadthematerial,thestrongeryourmemorywillbe。Ifyoudontwanttorereadawholebook,tryhighlightingsomepartsofthetextthatyoucangobackto。 5。Introducetheinformationtoothers。 Expertssaythat,ifyouwanttorememberwhatyouexperience,itsimportanttodosomethingwiththatinformation。 TwoQuorauserslistedtalkingaboutwhatyoureadasausefulmeansofprocessingnewmaterial。VenkateshRaosuggestsblogging,orotherwisetryingtoexplaintootherswhatyouthinkyouvelearned。 Plus,ifyoufindthatyoucantexplainit,youmightwanttogobackandreread。 6。Readoutloud。 AnotheranonymousQuorausersays,IactuallyhavetoreadoutloudtomyselfmostofthetimetounderstandandrememberwhatIjustread。 WritinginPsychologyToday,psychologistArtMarkman,Ph。D。,saysthisstrategymightworkbestwhenthereareafewkeyitemsyouneedtoremember。Thatsbecausethesentencesyouspeak(orevenwhisper)outloudtakeonadistinctiveness。Yourememberproducingandhearingtheitemsandsoyourmemoryforthemisdifferentfromthememoryofthewordsyoureadsilently。 womenreadingonkindleFlickrRichMitchell ResearchsuggestsreadingonKindle,insteadofonpaper,hurtsyourabilitytorememberastorysplot。 7。Readonpaper。 Ereadersareconvenienttoolsforwhenyouwanttobringatonofbooksonvacationandfordownloadingstoriesinaninstant。 Butresearchsuggeststhattheycouldalsounderminethestrengthofyourmemories。Onestudyfoundthat,whenpeoplereadthesameshortstoryinapaperbackoronaKindle,thepaperbackreaderswerebetterabletorememberthestoryschronology。 LeadstudyauthorAnneMangen,Ph。D。,saysthatspossiblybecausethepilesofpagesinyourhandscreatesatactilesenseofprogressthatyoudontgetfromaKindle。(Ofcourse,itspossiblethatpeoplewhoaremoreaccustomedtoreadingonlinemaynothavethisproblem。) Meanwhile,Mangensotherresearchfoundthathighschoolstudentsperformedbetteronatestofreadingcomprehensionwhentheyreadatextinprintinsteadofonacomputerscreen。 8。Becomefamiliarwiththetopicfirst。 BloggerRyanBattlesrecommendsgainingsomebackgroundknowledgebeforeyoudiveintoaparticulartext。 Themoreyouunderstandaboutaparticularsubject,hewrites,themorehookskeepthefactsinthere。Presumably,thatsbecauseyoureabletomakemoreassociationsbetweenthenewinformationandwhatyoualreadyknow。 YoucanevenstartbyreadingaWikipediaarticleonthesubjectaspreparation。