On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 9:04 PM, Michael Campbell <[email protected]> wrote: > > Gwern Branwen wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 8:18 PM, Michael Campbell > >> I think the original reasons were just it's simpler for user & >> implementor, and that's the way SRS systems always did it - did anyone >> but Anki and Pimsleur do sub-day scheduling? > > I was thinking of those 2 when I wrote this... =) > > >> Offhand, I don't know of anything; but there *is* a study showing that >> doing dual N-back (training of working memory) before bed is somewhat >> more effective than upon waking. > > I'm new to this, but could you expand on what N-back training is? (Or point > me > to where I can read about it.)
See: - http://community.haskell.org/~gwern/static/N-back.html - http://community.haskell.org/~gwern/static/N-back%20FAQ - https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/N-back - http://groups.google.com/group/brain-training That said, as my FAQ prolegomena indicates, although I accept that it works as described on the tin, I'm not yet sure that DNB training is worthwhile. This is definitely something to do in addition to SRS & meditation & exercise (and after them). > I'm having a ball with Mnemosyne as-is, but given that I have time both early > and late in the day, I'd just as soon eke out a little more benefit if I > could. > > Thanks -- gwern --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mnemosyne-proj-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
