Optimal Protocols for Studying & Learning

Chapters

1. 01Improve Studying & Learning – Periodic Testing16:09
2. 02Focus & Alertness, Sleep, Tool: Active Engagement – Tools: Study Habits of Successful Students20:12
3. 03Sponsor: AG1 – Self-Testing, Repeated Testing19:08
4. 04Testing Yourself & Knowledge Gaps – Familiarity vs Mastery15:26
5. 05Self-Testing & Offsetting Forgetting – Zero-Cost Support, YouTube, Spotify & Apple Follow & Reviews, Sponsors, YouTube Feedback, Protocols Book, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter30:44

About this course

See Andrew Huberman live in New York, Los Angeles & San Francisco: https://go.hubermanlab.com/protocols-event In this episode, I discuss science-supported protocols to optimize your depth and rate of learning of material and skills. I explain the neurobiology of learning and neuroplasticity and how correctly timed, self-directed test-taking can be leveraged to improve learning and prevent forgetting. I discuss the study habits of the most successful learners, ways to limit distractions, how to set study goals, and how tests can be used as tools to learn, not just as a means for evaluating one’s mastery of learned material. A surprising aspect of tests, specifically self-testing soon afte…