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  • hourlong learnings #6: active recall, Anki, and retention

    In the following post I try to understand why retrieving an answer changes memory more than seeing it again, why Anki is revered in the pre-med and med student community, what its FSRS scheduler is estimating, whether reviewing cards on a treadmill helps, and what exam research actually proves active recall and spaced repetition solve […]

  • hourlong learnings #5: caffeine dosage, sensitivity, byproducts, and frontier research

    In the following post I try to understand what that range does at the receptor and signaling level, how coffee differs from isolated caffeine, what frontier caffeine research shows about the gut–brain axis and neuroprotection, and learn about withdrawal Caffeine isn’t a direct energy source or a conventional dopamine-releasing stimulant; at ordinary dietary exposure, it’s […]