“SuperMemo is based on the insight that there is an ideal moment to practice what you’ve learned. Practice too soon and you waste your time. Practice too late and you’ve forgotten the material and have to relearn it. The right time to practice is just at the moment you’re about to forget. Unfortunately, this moment is different for every person and each bit of information.”
Tag: 04.21.08
Study: Many Google Generation Students Are Illiterate Researchers
“From undergraduates to professors, people exhibit a strong tendency towards shallow, horizontal, flicking behaviour in digital libraries. Factors specific to the individual, personality and background are much more significant than generation.”
Beaux Arts Trio Takes A Victory Lap
After 53 years the Beaux Arts piano trio is playing its final round of concerts. At 84, Menahem Pressler, the group’s pianist still seems as vigorous a performer as ever…
Young Frankenstein Tops Outer Critics’ Award Nominations
Mel Brooks’ follow-up to “The Producers” may have received a tepid welcome from New York press, but “Young Frankenstein” topped the list of Outer Critics Circle nominations, scoring 10.
Ailing Economy Hitting Arts Groups Hard
“In New York and Los Angeles, well-established institutions including Carnegie Hall, the Museum of Modern Art and the Getty Center are scrambling to refinance their debt after interest rates climbed on so-called auction-rate bonds.”
“Brain” Music Wins New Music Prize
“The Fragmented Orchestra’s idea uses recording units set up at 24 sites across the UK to capture their sounds. The sounds will be transmitted back to the Foundation for Art & Creative Technology (FACT) in Liverpool for visitors to hear. The different locations will include a football stadium, cathedral and farm.”
A Random Kind Of Art For A Random Kind Of Age
Forty-five years ago “it was the age of random music, random painting, and William Burroughs added random writing. The idea was to elude the mind’s inner censor, cast off the shackles of the protective ego, soar through the empyrean of imagination, and produce – art! It was fun, a treat for everybody except maybe the audience.”
Scientists Observe Mistakes In Brains Before Mistakes Are Made
“Researchers observed test subjects’ minds going on autopilot up to half a minute before the subjects actually made mistakes, even though the subjects weren’t aware of their own lapses of attention. If the same mechanisms produce other, more meaningful errors — slips on the assembly line or behind a steering wheel — then the research could be used to design biofeedback systems that could catch mistakes before they’re made.”
The “Little” Film Festival Works On A Rebound
The Tribeca Film Festival in New York got lots of great press. But then it got very successful and the backlash started. This year’s edition works on some changes…
Russia Bans Play About Terrorist Attack On Theatre
“The play, In Your Hands, seeks to recreate the horror of the 2002 theatre siege when Chechen rebels took more than 800 theatre-goers hostage in what was one of their worst attacks on Russian soil.”