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[Centurion]

I need to learn verbatim with as little chance of recall failure as possible, about a page of material for tomorrow. while I do have centrophenoxine and piracetam at my disposal, they have had unwanted effects of fogginess on me before so I do not wish to rely upon them.

The material includes three equations and about half a page of bullet point text. I was wondering what the best method of learning it was. Writing it out continuously, forcing myself to recall it from memory rather than reading the above example is what comes to mind for me, if anyone knows anything more effective please let me know. Its 2pm my time right now, I would like to be asleep by midnight, that gives me eight hours at my disposal.

Thanks guys

[Utnapishtim]

Hmm... Mnemonic memory systems can greatly aid recall but usually take a little practice to use efficiently... Still its worth a shot. I would reccommend a google search under the title "Mnemonics"

[Centurion]

Yeah, I forgot to mention Im using that for the text based material. The equations however I just need to learn outright

[Centurion]

I used one last year for types of functional graphics. called it DRMORTI, a phonetic variation of dr marty. (as pronounced with a belfast accent). Was very effective

[Brainbox]

In my case, I mostly do not memorize equations completely, but try to understand the rationale behind it. The combination of recall and understanding is for me the best way to deal with these things and also ensures long time familiarity with the subject.

[kevin]

write down the material.. hopefully it is in your own words.. then record it on audio.. then review listening to the playback while writing the material out again..

works for me.

[Centurion]

Used to do that myself kevin man. Its a kickass way of learning things.
Did the test today, and remembered the material :D So thankfully its all over! =)

[doug123]

write down the material.. hopefully it is in your own words.. then record it on audio.. then review listening to the playback while writing the material out again..

works for me.

I will try this method. I've never tried recording my own voice and listening to it back to enhance learning abilities. I don't like the way my voice sounds when I record it and play it back.

[Centurion]

You should hear mine, I hate it. I sound like a leprechaun or something.

[xanadu]

There are various memnonic tricks to help memorise things. As far as nootropics go, I would suggest fish oil, vinpocetine and piracetam. They do not start to show effect overnight so give them time. Fogginess is a rare side effect of piracetam or centro. Are you taking any choline with them? It's best to stay with something for a while to get the full effects.