You're Not Forgetful: My System for Memorising Everything
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I’m a medical student with a naturally terrible memory, so I’ve definitely spent a lot of time trying to figure out better ways to stop msyelf forgetting and be able to retain and recall information better.
This is my start to finish summary of the top ways I study, think and behave in order to remember better and more.
Any extra tips are very welcome! xx
To make your life easier:
0:00 Intro
1:10 The counterintuitve science of forgetting
4:51 How learning wrong makes you forget
6:46 The emotional brain and memory
10:25 Vertical vs Horizontal memorising
13:24 Tapping into intuition for memory
16:55 When your brain is your worst enemy
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Thank you this was very useful and insightful
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Thank You Soo much for this video! My memory was so bad that I was beginning to think I was mentally challenged. But I'm WAYY better now!❤🧠
Irony: I put this video in my "Watch later" playlist and forgot to watch it
I downloaded it because I knew I'd forget on watch later and there'll at least be one day when I'm:
1. not in the mood to do anything engaging I usually do
2. without an internet connection.
go watch it
Damn same now checking out the videos becz i m bored
Me too opened it and saw your comment non the top
i was about to put it in my “watch later” list , i saw your comment 😂
Quick Notes:
1)We tend to forget as cues are overfilled with information.
to solve this, we can pick out a cue, we struggle with and fill it with related information, so that it's easy to tap into it later.
2) Learning means forgetting-
While cramming in one night, don't learn new information, instead revise the old topics you're acutely aware of.
3)Studying with a positive outlook is best as we can retain information better
4) Never tell yourself you're bad at doing something. Instead say it's something you're improving upon
5) While leaning intensive topics, try relating them to each other, so that you can recall them easier
6)Start building your intuition.
Do this by preparing early for classes, and goining through notes or chapters, earlier. By doing this, your class will be a sort of revision for you and you can ask your lecturer topic- specific questions, so that they can help you better.
Thanks for the great video~
Thank you so much!😊
thanks......
Well done.!
I usually like these summaries but honestly there is no substitute for watching the full video in this case. Absolutely brilliant and packed with thought provoking information 👍
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00:00 🧠 Our memory functions as an active process involving both memorization and forgetting.
01:51 🚫 Overloaded cues can lead to transient forgetting, where too many memories are connected to a single cue, causing the brain to delete information.
03:41 📚 Novel, unique cues aid memory retention; diverse learning contexts with strong, distinct cues improve memorization.
05:06 🔄 Learning new information often interferes with previously learned material, resulting in proactive inhibition and potential forgetting.
06:29 ⚖ Strategic learning: When cramming, focus on revising previously learned material rather than introducing entirely new concepts to prevent overriding past knowledge.
10:41 💡 Memories are meant to aid decision-making (conceptual memory); organizing information horizontally facilitates better understanding and memory retention.
13:13 🔄 Horizontal learning methods, building associations between related concepts, enhance memorization and retention more effectively than traditional vertical learning.
14:10 🎹 Intuition derived from familiarity with a subject or topic aids in memorization; experts' memorization appears faster due to pre-existing knowledge.
15:48 📅 Building timelines and utilizing external cues while studying enhances intuition, facilitating efficient memorization and learning.
17:27 🔄 Accepting challenges and reframing struggles can empower overcoming difficulties; therapy and positive self-narrative significantly impact memory and performance.
Omg thank youuuu, I was really stressing on how long the video was 😅😂
Pls tell me what Ai you used to prepare such a detailed crux of notes
The real MVP ❤
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Just found your channel and this video reminded me of myself. I have learning disabilities and the doctor told my mom I would have to live with my parents forever and I would never graduate high school. Now I graduated with a completion of the health science program CE a 3.8 gpa and 30 credits. I’m now in my third year of college and the 1st generation student. I’ve always been told I can’t do things but my dedication is unmatched. I hate when people say I can’t do things. It makes me prove them wrong.
That’s awesome! Do you feel like you overcame your learning disability or did you find different ways to learn that helped you accomplish all of this ? My son is making strides all the slow strides he exceeded what his school said he would. They labeled him as intellectual disability with non verbal (with no help but they will “try”) now he has learning disability with speech delay.
The key to memorizing stuff, is to be so amazingly interested in, it that you keep reading it and thinking about it. Hence doctors exist.
Agree 💯
and then there's me, who's interested in one thing and quickly loses interest.
I was going to say something similar. I have a shockingly bad memory, and have since I was a kid, but I did reasonably well in school by immersing myself in the topics, learning more than what the teacher said, reading books and watching videos. Also realising that knowledge is so often connected, a topic in one class is probably related to some knowledge in a different class and if you build a network of knowledge rather than trying to remember individual points, it goes a long way.
One subject I did badly in was chemistry (even though I did well in physics and maths and went on to do engineering) because I found the knowledge in chemistry very disparate, everything felt like something that just needed to be remembered for the sake of being remembered. Even history I did better at because at least I could remember X happened before Y and the results of Z influenced it.
The key to memorising stuff..is to keep using the valuable info😊
I'm a STEM career girl too and I have to say the strong emotions I felt while learning science is what enabled me to remember. I always felt so much awe, wonder, and joy and I attribute these strong emotions to my strong memory.
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@daniellem.gibson4658 - interesting, really agree with you. People often remark that I have a strong memory. If that's true, I feel that it comes from being fascinated and awed by the myriad details of the universe around me. It's more like an emotional appetite for deep diving and understanding something than it is an intellectual drive to memorize facts. For me, I need to know the way things are interconnected and how and where they sit in relation to the whole. If I can do that, the memory seems to take care of itself. Thanks for your comment, it really got me thinking about all of this.
@@usaturnuranus Agreed, I have always wanted to know the why behind things in the world.
@@daniellem.gibson4658 Good for you, pursuing a scientific path. I have a 12 yr old granddaughter who has developed a strong interest in STEM (she rather suddenly wants to be an aeronautical engineer) and we are all so pleased about this. Best of luck on your path!
Perguntar ela como estudar o que gosta faz ela realmente aprender coisas da ciencia
Summary:
1. Forgetting an active process
2. Every memory has a queue and we seek/use the queue to fetch the memory. If a queue has too many memories attached to it, brain removes memories, thus forgetting.
3. New memories can override previous memories. As you learn new language, you could forget words in another language. Therefore learn new language but revise older language.
4. Learn by connecting. Use a mindmap.
5. Create cues. Revise
6. If you tell someone they cannot do something and he/she accepts it as fact, it will become very difficult for them to do that thing.
Thanks!!!!!!!!!!
I’m 61 yo S/W Engineer. That was one of the best explanations I’ve ever heard. I have a horrid memory, but I grasp concepts and make connections to them easily.
This videos explains why as well as provides me clues that I can use to help me. Good work that is very appreciated!!
1. Introducing more cues (i.e., something that links to something you wanna memorize) in your brain.
2. Moments before an exam, only revise existing memories, not new knowledge, to avoid information overriding existing ones.
3. Mental states (e.g., confidence, mood, and happiness) affect memorization and performance, hence, we should cultivate a healthy mental state.
4. Learn horizontally by finding commonalities and linking the ideas of sub-topics within a topic, rather than learning the sub-topics one by one (i.e., vertical learning).
5. Building an intuitive memory about a topic by exploring its general ideas by categorizing the topic into a logical sequence (i.e., a timeline if it's historical or anything that can have a sense of sequence that links between ideas).
Thank you
Thank youuu
Thank you for the summary. It also helps learning.
Thank you
Thanks :) I was a bit confused at the vertical vs horizontal learning, bc image if both were put in mindmap form as she showed in her video, wouldn’t horizontal learning be just a more specific (like more broken down) mindmap? which people already try to do when making mindmaps?
sorry if what i’m typing doesn’t make sense 😅
My tried and true method to never forget anything: make it a cringe memory...those never really go away.
that's an interesting idea, could you give an example of how you do it?
Like when you make a mistake and get embarrassed, e.g. misinterpreting data and using it in an argument in front of your peers, only to be disproven with a roundhouse kick of obvious logic that you had somehow failed to consider. That burning humiliation reminds you for months, but the nicknames and stories remind you for years. Cringe memories are the less desired but often longer lasting lessons.
@@dudeman4798 yeah I understand that, but the question is how you use this effect "on demand" so to say
I don't think you can. It's just that moment when you know, "well, I'll never make that mistake again." Perhaps @teaburn is talking about something else entirely, though. Like wearing a clown costume and soiling yourself while studying chemistry lol
underrated comment
Why is test taking so difficult? Because people relax and are calm when they study, no emotional content. Then when the test day comes they become very excited and emotional, in this emotional state the brain remembers and tries to problem solve based on the last time the person felt that way, all the memories from RELAXED study sessions are lost. Then when they relax again they can remember again and can’t understand what happened during the test. One solution is to become very highly tense with anxiety during study right before test day. Another way to it is to lower your expectations on test day to stay as calm as possible, if you can learn to do this then you stay in contact with the objective data side of your brain that automatically remembers everything!😅
Great video! I am 68 and can confirm that therapy is a wonderful thing. I would not have survived as a business owner without getting help with basic feelings of inadequacy early in my career. Now I have retired from my architecture practice and am studying jazz guitar. I feel that my age hinders to a small degree my ability to retain things but I use the same principles that you talk about. I have several guitar instruction books and UA-cam videos going at the same time covering the same subjects so as to cement them in my mind. Thank you for this video, I don’t care what anyone ever told you, you are brilliant. That is obvious!
I’m literally crying after you mentioned how we fulfill what was spoken about us. Negative or positive. This video has been life changing for me in so many ways. Including going back to therapy. I’ve experienced a lot of childhood trauma as well as trauma from losing my 7 year old daughter in a car accident. But this; you; give me hope🙏
Good shit 🙌
You're amazing, wow, someone that can overcome something like that...
God bless you, you are so special and strong thanks God 💛
God bless and you give you wisdom 🙏
I'm very sorry for your loss, as no one should go through that pain, but I can tell you that if you could see where she is now, you would never bring her back if you could. Seek Jesus in your life and you'll spend eternity with your daughter.
Hello Miss Filips!
I am a TBI victim who left medical school because I could no longer concentrate or remember anything. I ended up with a PhD in theoretical math because it required little memory. For a short period of time I had the ability to visualize, assemble and integrate a wide array of seemingly diverse and unknown facts. This mysterious skill led to some progress in an obscure and new area of mathematics. Not long afterward I could no longer do this.
In recent years I've taken biochemistry, immunology, genetics (Harvard Med ) which I love, but mostly to challenge the damaged part of my brain.
I will try some of your techniques. The video motivates me to study the art of memorization.
Finally, with 28 beautiful descendants (11M, 17F - 'so far') I cannot but observe that you have the most lovely hair I have ever seen in 8 decades of traveling this planet. Best Wishes. Prof G
Wow, you yourself are inspiring in a way itself. I am only 18 and just started my undergrad in Engineering and will apply to Medical School after I am done, I have a lot to learn. Please tell us more about your journey!
@@RelaxThruHeaven_RuleAllHellBut why would you complete your engineering degree if you want to be in Med School at last.....I am sorry, i am just curious bcoz i have been made to think that we could only choose 1 among them...Will our degrees in diff fields yield any fruit when it comes to practice?
You cannot treat patients after indulging in other fields bcoz your expertise will be hampered.Sorry, but these are just a few statements that i get to hear very often....pls enlighten my soul on this topic... Thank you!!
@professorg000 What made you study so many fields? Where you not satisfied with one field or you just got bored....I just want to select a single path for my life and i was not aware of soo many opportunities
@DidYouForgetWhoIAm. it depends on which country you are in, but in North America, you need to at least have a Bachelors degree to go to medical school. It is the minimum requirement. Now it is true I could have just studied biology or health science for bachelors then go for medicine, but there is always a chance that I don't make it to medicine, whereas getting into an engineering program is relatively easy if you just study a little in North America. Therefore, getting an engineering degree secures my employability and gives me a better guarantee of financial stability as a backup. As far as skills are concerned, many successful CEOs are engineers (excluding Bezos and Zuckerberg levels of outliers and exceptions). That is because the engineering program is excellent for a decent student who wants to improve certain skills like decision making, critical analysis, reasoning, analytics, and problem solving. These skills are very much required in a medical professional as well, and therefore, there isn't a lot of demerit in doing something so different than medicine in my bachelors. As a matter of fact, it might actually help me in the long run. Most successful engineers rarely end up doing all physics, chemistry, and maths throughout their careers. Rather, they often end up with the management side of things, which has its advantages when applied in the medical field. Hence, I am doing my best to build myself as a stellar engineering student and will continue to do so as a medical student when I get there.
Let me see if I understand. To study medicine in North America, do you need to have a degree? So, do you have to study for about 4 years in any area before going to medical school and then study for another 6 years? Does this apply to any state in the USA? And how do you specialize? In this case, you graduate in medicine, and then what do you do? @@RelaxThruHeaven_RuleAllHell
What I got from your video is that hard work pays off. In a way, you inspire us who feel inadequate with our memory retention and getting past that fear of just learning and doing leads to real results no matter how 'disadvantaged' we or others label us. Thank you for this video Elizabeth.
You might be my hero :'D I'm going into vet school this year and I have been made to believe that I am worthless at chemistry and not great at the sciences, so the worry about forgetting has been looming over me for quite some time. I'm so glad I found this video before starting!!!
I hope you’ll get in, I myself am a vet student ❤
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Trying and don’t think too Much.
The quality of your videos makes it feel like I should be paying for this, they’re astonishing on every level: delivery, editing, research… This one felt specially authentic too ❤ you’re amazing, this video obviously took loads of work, thank you so much for it!
You are paying for it.
U should donate like a real simp
Advertisers are paying for it. Your attention is the product UA-cam is selling, and giving her a share.
@@Apeiron242 we’re paying by watching the ads…
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I came for the title of the video (Late diagnosed ADHD)
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Im loving it ❤
I feel this video so much. Im in my first year of medical school and struggling a lot with the largest topics. I am in a weird spot of doing so much and simultaneously not enough and its been dragging me down. For the past few years, ever since i moved to england i knew i was not smart enough for anyone, and definitely not myself so i overcompensated through college and i cant do it anymore. Im struggling but im not going to give up. Im going to do my best and become a great doctor no matter what. Thank you for your video. It all means so much.
If you believe it, you can achieve it.
Don’t give up! Give yourself more grace, and focus on having fun! It’s already done! You’ve got this!
"Doing so much and simultaneously not enough" really hits. Rooting for you!
Absolutely helpful and inspiring, yes, therapy helped me so much recover parts of myself that were damaged starting in childhood and onward into crappy things people in power positions said to me plus great things some people said to me and now I'm 71 and wanting to do a doctorate in math at a high level. My sister went into computer science at a time when math was pretty much closed to women and my sister became world famous in her field. So bravo to you and bravo to all of us who keep learning throughout our long lives.
Elizabeth, you are so inspirational and smart! When I was a little girl, I was told that I was a retard and bullied a lot and I couldn't do math. I have two degrees in the IT now, but I deal with serious imposter syndrome. You make me believe more in myself, thank you so much ❤
everybody is infinitely valuable including you. Wishing you the best! be proud of your achievements and don't let the past define you
I am so proud of you!!
Francis We love you. Keep doing what you are doing. you are NOT AN IMPOSTER You Are the REAL DEAL!!! facts!!!
Love to you ❤ congratulations 🎉
Yayyy look at you go! You are the furthest thing from an imposter ❤
El, I completely agree with your methodology. I’m 69yo and didn’t know that I was dyslexic until I turned 17. Truth is, know one knew what that was. My teachers told me they knew I was smart, but that I was just lazy and not trying. I just thought I was mentally challenged. After discovering, I spent a year in remedial English and math, went to college and finished up with degrees in Biology, Chemistry, Physics…then medicine. I was in practice for 21 years, now retired. You have found a way to reach a large population, forge ahead😊💕
I'm thinking of getting a degree in one of those fields and I was wondering which bachelors is the most interesting to study in college.
I find everything interesting…spend your first two years taking your core classes, throw in an elective here and there to see if the subject really grabs your mind. Remember, it’s not about money, find something that you truly love and you are not satisfied with what you have learned, but you always want more. Good luck with your journey 👍
@Eagle621 I have 1 and a half year until i go to university, and i have no ideaaaa what i should go to what would you recommend to me so that i know what grabs me 🙏
@@tyronelepstriksj4659 since you said “university”, I’m assuming you are in the EU. Im not sure how things are ordered there. In the States, we are required to take a “core”, the first two years, sometimes you can divide the classes up. But the required core classes have to be met before you can graduate. Usually here, along the way you just pick what you think might interest you and go from there. I suspect you have counselors that can test you to give you a clue on where to start🤷🏻. I think its important to to remember that not everyone will be happy with a college degree. You may absolutely fall in live with a skilled trade for example. After i retired, i went to school for a year to learn welding and i really lived it! My son is a tattoo artist and he makes more money than I ever did! And he freakin loves it😀 Life is short, but it will seem like an eternity if you find yourself doing something you don’t enjoy. The best of luck on your journey, and remember, you don’t necessarily have to puck a career until you are 40. It still gives you plenty of time to decide. Cheers
@@Eagle621 Yhank you so much, much respect to you. Yes, I'm from Europe but not in the EU. And yes it's very different because here, if we want to be doctors for example we have a special medical high-school and just with finishing the high school we can work as a nurse for example. So i would have loved if i had a specific interest so i could have studied that in high school, but because i didn't i choose a gymnasium and know i have to go to university and as i said I have no idea what that would be and we don't have 2 years just for trying like in the USA but yes what you said is really true, it's all about luck i guess. However a big problem of mine is that I'm quite introverted, shy and scared 😬 but yes, it's always nice to hear an advise from an experienced person thank you so muvh again 🙏
I am immensely grateful for watching this video! The value you provide here is tremendous. I have always considered the information stored in my brain as if it were a castle, but now I have discovered a more effective way to organize this information. It all makes so much sense! Thank you very much for sharing this valuable information!
I have never seen a better produced, more useful, more informative or more endearing video about memory or memorization in my entire life. It was a fantastic piece of content and I really appreciated it. Thank you very much for making these videos, I wish you all the best in your studies, I am confident you'll make an excellent doctor one day!
OMG. This is why I like learning history by reading biographies of leaders of nations and movements (political, artistic, philosophical, technological). It creates a mesh of inter-relations that the history sits on top of, and gives momentum and logic to the events.
I am absolutely in awe of how much self awareness you have.
I've seen thousands of UA-cam videos at this point and probably have commented twice in all that time. I'm motivated to comment today because I think this is THE most valuable 18 minutes I've ever spent on this site. Your advice is so well organized. It is simple, logical and repeatable. You explain each idea with crystal clarity. Then, present underlying methodology in a way that one is left thinking "...well, of course that's how it works!" Finally, you "chunk" concepts in such a way that I will "remember how to remember." In essence you present and teach in a way that encourages the horizontal learning you explained. Fantastic. Brilliant! -thank you!
Your horizontal method with few details that are interlinked with several topics makes sense. Thank you for sharing your experiences and insights!
whst a humble woman! Liz, you have so many skills: you paint, you edit videos, you explain your thought processes carefully and clear, you always look for a rational explanation for your arguments, and you are a medical student! You may have a "bad memory" but this is probably compared to the best in medical school, not the average joe! I think you have a wonderful memory, all things considered. I couldn't do everything you do. Keep being awesome and kudos to your amazing work.
I might have to re-watch this video a few times so I can take the most advantage of it and also remember the main concepts described in it. Well, something that haunts me a lot is acknowledging that I used to have such a good memory when I was younger, but nowadays I struggle with memorizing things on a daily basis. Anyone can relate?
I feel the same, and often feel guilty too, as if it were my fault. Also, when I was a child I remember being able to focus on a book so much that I couldn't even hear my mom calling me. Now it seems impossible. BUT in December my phone got stolen and I had the chance to spend 3 weeks without it. I felt so much relief, I could focus more and remember more details of what I was studying. I'm quite sure this lack of memory and attention experienced by all of us is due to an intense use of technology.
Like you know. I spent 3 years in senior secondary school and was coping very well topping the subjects but didn't really understand it much because we didn't have good teachers and didn't embrace the whole stuff about reading textbooks but I was managing until I graduated. I had to go for a lesson to help ameliorate my situation after graduation. Now I've managed to enter the university, I actually want to study Medicine & Surgery but I'm doing Physiology at the moment and I have an exam next month that could help me get the Medicine & Surgery that I want. The problem is that I have so much to read, study and revise with so little time and I find it difficult to read and remember like I did in the past. I really need help.
Practice makes perfect. I believe not writing exams in a half year basis makes us lose practice. But we as adults don't need to memorize or learn as much. But one can get good at it again by actually sitting down and studying. (Different from research).
Adulting takes a lot of time. And it is not a good idea to feel bad about this. Take care of yourself, and family first, and then when you have time (or can make time) and you are curious... Learn😊
I do. When I was in elementary school, I always read the day before, and the day after I remember everything that is written on the pages also I can tell where I wrote the text. Nowadays, it feels so impossible yo do that. I blame tiktok for it.😅
Some people don't realize the importance of nutrition as we age; e.g. when older we may spend less time in sunlight, therefore we must increase our dietary intake of vitamin D3. Also, in addition to typical vitamins and nutrients, there are many natural herbs that help increase, or maintain cognition and memory. And of course maintaining bloood flow via simple 20 minute walking and such, if able, greatly helps. Cheers!
I really appreciate you making this video. I put it in my to watchlist a while ago and finally watched it and it has been very impactful and I thank you.
It's my first time visiting this channel but I have understood right away that I'm lucky meeting you on UA-cam. Thank you for your tips and observations, I believe it will really helps people to memorize information better!
The horizontal memory concept was so accurate, I've tried and tested that method, it surely takes time to build the groundwork and do some extra work, but once you've made a horizontal chart, your brain never forgets the logical connections. And ofc they could be used to deduct more information we didn't study about to help us in exams. Once again, the most well researched, clearly enunciated, eloquent, and usable content put out by Elizabeth. She, for me is the number 1 youtuber productivity related, a very deep person, and you can tell she's not superficially giving pseudo-productivity tips but contributes to the voice of reason (owing to her research) amidst this toxic productive youtube genre. Thankyou for giving us a face to "smart study" phrase. You define smart study for us! Keep doing what you do, and please take care of yourself:)
And also, the editing of your videos always blow my mind, so much effort!!!:)
can you explain the horizontal method more deeply please . i don't really get the picture yet 😅
@@syaq7650 You basically try to relate similar concepts in a topic together to compare and contrast. For eg, you try compare the I-V graph of BJT and FET, and notice that they what a similar shape. You then memorise the conditions for different region for both the transistors and try to remember the reasons for the conditions. The common link is the graph and you are using that as a link to connect together two similar concepts in a common topic.
i feel so bad that i didn't get the horizontal memory even after you explain it. maybe bcs im so used to memorizing things vertically all this time, or maybe bcs i don't know what is I-V graph, etc (i'm not fluent in english). may i ask, how could we use horizontal method in more simple daily problems? is it can be used to not forgetting (for example) a theory we learnt few months ago or help us to remember someone's name? if my question is too complex you don't have to answer it, but if you can i'l really appreciate it, thanks!
@@nr1877 I can't really say about daily problems. I find is useful to memorise and understand study concepts. But I'l try. Say you meet a new person, with a distinguishing feature, say a mole. As you memorise that person's name, you also remember in the same breath all the people you know with moles. You revise the characteristic features of each such person, like what is their favourite color or music band. Perhaps there is another common feature among all these people with moles that they all wear glasses.
I hope this helped. Perhaps if you tell what topic you are studying would help me give specific examples.
@@nr1877 I think it's basically learning things in multiple directions, not just linearly remembering a list of things, but also linking items in that list to other things or expanding on the individual list items.
Key Points-
1) Have multiple cues/sources of learning for one concept.
2) Do cumulative revison to tell your brain that this thing is important and needs to be remembered.
3) Horizontal Learning vs Vertical Learning
4) Compounding Learning- As you get used to a subject/field, it gets much easier to learn more things on that particular subject because you're used to those jargons.
holy I remember when you just started youtube, I stumbled across this video today and you're almost at 1 million, seeing all the hard work you put behind your videos back then and how much you improved now is crazy, what a journey it must have been. Keep it up! you deserve your success!
What really helped me with difficult subjects, is to create your own summary of the subject. Whenever I would read my own summary, I could understand the information better and learn it faster. If I would still come across something I did not understand, I would look at youtube videos on the subject or find another media outlet discussing this, to wrap my head around it.
Great video!
Same! But I find it difficult to do that when there's so much to know in little time hahaha
It helps to take the information you just learned and try to teach it to somebody else. You will understand it on a completely different level. It could even be an imaginary study student but it helps to have feedback from an actual person....
This video is sooo useful and meaningful, I was a straight A student for a long time and then everything collapsed when I started to doubt my self and lose faith in my memory. You're so great person, keep going❤️
Thank you for sharing this video! Thank you for taking charge of your life!
You have an excellent memory and those who tell you negative things about you are lying to you.
How you learn is not how others learn. You can accomplish what you believe you can.
I am a Scientist in Biotechnology working in the field of enzyme design. The horizontal learning strategy has always been my favorite as it connects the dots between different subtopics.
The details will come later when you need to go deeper on individual aspects. It’s so much easier when you have the basic horizontale structure in your mind. I can very much relate to your experiences and learninig strategies, especially in terms of having a really bad memory for people’s names. My facial recognition works perfectly (even better than for most people I know) but recalling people’s names after the first contact is hard work for me 😓.
7:41 this is soooo interesting. I was told I was bad at math early on. Struggled all through school. Struggled at jobs. I had to homeschool my daughter for a year during covid and was determined to not be bad at math. I told myself, for the first time, there's no reason you can't learn this. I found that I actually DO get math, I just needed to try harder and learn different ways.
I've never told my daughter she's inherently bad at something. I tell her she just needs to work at it more and she can do it. She overcomes everything.
I truly believe what we tell young kids can make or break so many experiences and how they handle life. Not everything is "It's just how my brain is wired, I can't do anything about it." Brains can be rewired!
her videos are so qualitative in terms of content, documentation, accuracy of information and resources. She is genuine and extremely diligent and hard working. So she does not have a natively good memory, but actually works hard to compensate for it which is more inspiring then if she were just born like that. Congrats for the hard work and for being so open, raw and honest about it🥺
Wow! Thanks for making this video. Going thru exactly what ur going thru in my 2nd year. All blessings to you & your work!
This video is a gold-mine of information. The part you mentioned about your confidence affecting your memory is spot-on. When I got people telling me how forgetful I was, was the time my memory was affected the most. I kept believing what they said so much that even in instances my memory was sound, I still questioned it. Also as someone studying computer science, I've had to learn several programming languages and one thing I noticed was when I picked up a new language, I start forgetting parts of the one I learned before.
I absolutely cherish your videos. Your approach is so different than any other creator or teacher out there. The effort that goes into your videos is incredible and allows for such wonderful visuals for us visual learners. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing your knowledge with us! ❤
I full heartedly agree with this comment :)
I really appreciate what you put into this. I need repetition to help with memory, lol, especially with just listening, so I listened to this several times. Anyways, I can tell you had a tough time with this subject. You seem very authentic in your delivery. It adds a lot to it.
I love love love your videos! You see the effort behind it and they are so high quality, therefore worth to watch. You explain ever so well and detailed, while visualising it in a aesthetic way, I just love it. So thank you so much for your content, you are one of the best UA-camrs for me:) and you seem to be very sympathetic.
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Pretty much the must genuine UA-cam video I’ve ever seen! Please keep treating yourself well, it suites you:)
Love your channel❣ Thank you for putting so much work into creating such inspiring and helpful videos!
Great video as always; your video production is amazing! I thought your section on vertical vs horizontal memorizing and intuition on memory were very interesting because to me that's kinda how I think of mind maps. I think the ability to take things and be able to compare them to other things in more than one way is very important and has saved me a lot of work memorizing lists. Similarly, once you know certain things like certain conditions cause blindness you can use that to make assumptions of what causes that from the name itself saving you from having to memorize more. Lastly, I think the way you approach things and the way you are able to describe how you are thinking are phenomenal and say much more about you than your ability to memorize! I hope that you regain that confidence soon!
Great video! I think I intuitively discovered some of these things over the years. Things like prioritizing understanding the material as opposed to force-memorizing stuff that will be gone in the blink of an eye if you don't comprehend it to a greater extent. Understanding grounds concepts and makes them easier to remember. Adding context to the understood concepts further anchors the memory, and makes it easier to connect and understand related topics, which I'm guessing is related to the building of a horizontal learning space.
Not only do you put so much planning & effort into this content but never have I seen such well-edited videos, it feels so cinematic! I swear you deserve so much bigger of a following!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Honestly you have encouraged me to go back to school. I now study better because of you! Thank you.
Thank you for this video. I’m so grateful you covered this topic. I used to have pride about my intelligence but realized in recent years that I actually have a terrible memory, which has made me ashamed and embarrassed. Your video gives me much needed hope. Good luck as a doctor.
Using a horizontal and vertical time line to memorize along with emotional punch like story's or a particular emotion is spot on, TY. Talk about empowering, anchoring stats to a strong emotion or event - ugh genius... I am so thankful, TY TY Ty... look forward to your next vids.
I really thought I wouldn't watch the entire video because it's too long and it wouldn't be that interesting but I was so wrong. What you say in this video is so relatable and I love the fact that you don't fear being vulnerable when you speak about your mental health. You're a genuine person and from now on I'll watch all your videos to absorb the knowledges and grasp the wisdom you share with your viewers. Thank you so much
I just watched a well thought out and put together video. I treat my memory as a serious asset and refuse to make physical copies (usually notes) of information that'd be useful to recollect later. I build cues based on the atmosphere, the room, the people, the positions of the people and a lot more else to contextually recollect things. Having built some context before also helps me remember as little as possible (the intuition) and piece things together in my head, and completely disregard not-so-important stuff as information white noise.
Thanks for making this video. Well done!
Omg i feel like i finally found someone that relates to my pain so much😭😭😭i suck at whatever takes memorizing a bunch of infos etc that’s why i exceed painlessly in physics and maths while struggle with literature and history
Awesome video, I'm currently trying to juggle 2 jobs, uni and 3 online courses on top of my own personal stuff so I don't have time to relearn everything twice. I accepted the fact I have a bad memory years ago but hearing your experiences and advice with all this makes me want to unlearn what I taught myself so I can really learn better.
Awesome video, super helpful, can't wait to hop right into this.
This video was great. The three main topics and advice really resonated with me: memorization, therapy, and the power of story/labels. Thank you for making this video ❤
This was brilliant! Also I was actively moved away from STEM (as a Black girl in Florida). I defied so many labels thrown at me that I didn’t even noticed years later that I was walking write into a STEM career path lol
Thank you so much for putting aside time to make these videos; you don't know how encouraging, helpful, motivational, and intriguing these videos really are to your viewers and especially me- a junior in highschool aspiring to pursue a STEM career someday, probably in neuroscience (fingers crossed). Your videos are not only fun to learn about for science's sake, but also so practical and can reach a wide crowd, like my friends who arent necessarily scientifically inclined, but are interested in watching your videos for their everyday lives and also simply because they are so fun. I look up to you, and as a Christian also pray blessings for you
Your authenticity and relatability are astounding! You're a gem, girl, keep it up!
I'm new to your channel and amazed by how fast and fluent you speak. It really proves that you memorize your script so well that you don't even have any struggle or pause. Although it's not a live recorded video and Idk if you put your script behind the camera, your speaking speed is still impressive. It looks so natural and it's like you're teaching but with the speed of rap! 😆😆😆 Thanks for this amazing video!
This was just on my mind recently- and you've done so well explaining why and how to solve it! Thanks so much Liz, these will definitely come in handy!
The timing of this video couldn't have been more perfect. I have exams coming up and information recall is one of my weakest abilities. I genuinely appreciate all you do!
i have igcse
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Wow. Great info. Excellent video.
❤ Thanks so much on your tips on improving memory retention in learning. Spending offtime learning a new language and spending time on other pursuits interfered with each other. Now I mentally combine them wherever possible
Thank you for mentioning how the things doctors say can potentially harm us! Especially coming from someone who will be one soon, it gives me faith in the future of medical care.
I went to the rheumatologist for my arthritis and when I got the report back it’s said I had depression and anxiety which I never even brought up any symptoms of, so he must have made that assessment from how I seemed in a 15 minute appointment. After that I feel like I did become more depressed and anxious just because it came from an authority figure.
the animations are SOOO good that they distract from the main story, making the video ironically worse lol. i'd use them a bit more effectively. less is sometimes more :)
for me it's the music.😅
D’accord Avec toi ! Agree with you
What program is used for these animations?
@@zfslsexactly . Music distracts!
The music distracts me more. The animations I think help for ADHD people.
My therapist told me that it makes so much of a difference if one realizes how they think or speak to themselves in their internal monologue...I was so scared of starting because i kept telling myself that good things can't happen to me...just to realize that I was being held back by my own beliefs and thoughts(that can be altered)...it helped me bring a lot of change albeit slowly. Thanks for bringing more people in touch with this. It's really helpful!
Excellent video, really expands the concepts of memory and the brains usage of them. The 3d scaling if memory is also a highly intriguing concept, thanks for taking the time to make the video! 🎉☄️❤️🔥
She's not just a doctor, she's also a storyteller!
Great content as always...
Awesome video! I`ve been interested in learning and memory for years and this still brought many new angles I hadn't heard before! Also, it kind of explains a lot of challenges with learning languages and surprisingly bad exams in topics that I actually knew quite well. Thank you!
Thanks for this empowering video. Congrats on knowing yourself so well and good luck on the next part of your journey.
OMG WE DO IT THE SAMEEEE. I really thought that I am so slow, yet this is actually a way to keep the information in my head longer. 😭😭😭❤❤❤
thank you for thiiiis. I really thought I am just wasting time reading different books/channels for the same topic.
GOD BLESS YOU.❤
Great informational video. When I was in my teens, I looked for ways to retain information. I finally settled on "ridiculous association" and "mind mapping" as my methods of retaining information. Mind mapping is great for long term memory and ridiculous association is great for remembering things for a test that you will never use in the future. Repetition and review help for long term memory recall. I wish UA-cam was available when I was in school. --Dr. Noel Lopez
Great video, Elizabeth! I appreciate the theory behind memory, as it will help me to be more strategic in both my memorizing and learning.
I knew alot of theses techniques but never could apply myself dedicating energy to them as the results were very inconsistent, seeing you espousing on their benefits is a great motivation to follow through.
Was watching your first videos and now seeing how far you have come ist really inspiring! 🎉
With exam cramming I find learning new things is okay as long as you can see how relate and fit into the other concepts of the class or exam. By learning something new in relation to what it affects it helps strengthen understanding of the other concepts you already knew about.
Thanks so much for this. I was also told i was stupid and it affected me and how i learnt. I spent a long time fixing the emotional parts of this and now i have a better memory and im an A student!!!
Great video! Love the content, the structure, etc. Appreciate the time you put into this, and the tips! So glad UA-cam recommended you.
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Amazing as always Elizabeth!!
Could you please do another video going in depth on horizontal memorization and your process for this?
Thank you for all of the hard work you pit into your content!!
I would love to see this
I am learning poems from Tang dynasty. Those words were so beautiful, I really want to memorize them, but i just forgot the moment i close the book. The horizontal memory seems very helpful, I am definitely using it, with comparing the poets and poems. Wish myself luck on that. And big thanks for creating these videos. Watching your videos always lift up my days.
The first 10 seconds of the video were perfectly made to get you to click on this video, wow great job on all the scene jumps and getting straight to the point
I’ve always had horrible short term memory, but great long term memory, but never knew why. Now I recognize that I’ve been doing horizontal learning this whole time. 10/10 video!
I wish I had this information earlier in my life. Amazing content! Cheers to fellow lifelong learners!
Hey Elizabeth, I am a high schooler from India who is hoping to get into medical college next year. To be very honest, today is the first time I watched one of your videos to the full length, after I gave two disastrous exams back to back. And I shall be frank, I loved your story and your tips, and obviously that part about being more positive about our 'deficits'. I was at the verge of breakdown after today's futile exam, and I must say, you lightened my spirits to a get extent. I am definitely going to utilise your tips for my biology exam the day after tomorrow. Hope it goes well! Thank you!
The way you write is so pleasant
@@BluhBunnny Thank you!
It's been a long time that I learned something new and useful in a UA-cam video. Thank you so much for this. God bless you.
Woah. Some of this stuff is what I've created for myself, but there's a lot more here for me to learn.
My memory is absolutely horrible, especially my sense of time passed.
I was actually just telling a friend, that sometimes I memorize my own timeline with major world events, just so I can easily figure out when things happened.
I'm going to have to watch this a few times, thank you for making this.
I have watched hundreds of study channels for years up untill now but Elizabeth and Justin Sung are only few people who has genuinely helped me progress acedemically and has changed my whole prespective on learning and my overall mindset and made me realize the real joy/fun of learning which i will be forever grateful for . Other I mean majority of creator In this space are just talking in so much superficial level .Thank you guys soo much. ❤🙏
You are an amazing editor. So visual and aesthetic and artistic
This video was far better than yout other vid on memory. The visual editing makes it much more clear. Your voice is better, and your explainations are more clear.
I know this is for those who struggle but as someone who doesn't this has greatly improved my ability to teach and relate to those who look up to me and those who i love to teach and advise, i have always loved learning and always naturally connected every new thing i have learned to everything i already knew in a sense to expand my general knowledge. I failed to realize that others try to memorize things individually instead of understanding them and their very broad applications and connections.
15:00 I call this the overview method. I always need to know the scope of everything that’s covered and then I can dig in to the details.
When teachers just start with some random thing and then move along to the next random thing I can’t organize it in my brain. I need the big picture then break that down in to smaller bits and that into even smaller bits if needed. With linear learning I just lose focus and can’t make connections as to how it’s related.
Such great thoughts! Thank you for explaining this! I think every child should learn this in school… Greatings from Germany, Ana 💝
When I was in fifth grade we had a guest speaker come to our class and teach us rather quickly how to add binary numbers. I remember picking it up right away when even my teacher hadn’t grasped it yet. She said I was so brilliant. I think it had a really big impact on me at a time when I needed it the most. I had always struggled with things like history and I felt like a slow reader compared to other kids in my class. At 11 years old you’re really setting a narrative for who you are and that really played into my self confidence. I still love math and science and the ability to actively solve problems as opposed to passively learning about something. Being active in the process with a goal engages my brain so much more than just memorizing something.
I admire your open heart and passion.
Its been a while Im following you and Ive learnt alot from you
your lessons are both evidence based and novel
Tnx alot
Keep going 👌
I'm literally crying after you mentioned how we fulfill what was spoken about us. Negative or positive. this has been like changing for me in so many ways. Including going back to therapy. I've experienced a lot of childhood trauma as well as trauma from losing my 7 year old daughter in a car accident. but this; you give me hope The quality of your videos makes it feel like i should be paying for this, they're astonishing on every level: delivery, editing, research.. This one felt specially authentic too you're amazing this video obviously took loads of work,thank you so much for it