This post is Part 18 of a series of posts on the psychological and practical benefits of daily practice. In this series, I’ll explore the elements of daily practice, varieties of daily practice, ...

The repetition of this phrase reinforces the very isolation it describes. I know it sounds crazy, but neuroscience research is beginning to show that loneliness and meaning in life are reflected in ...

Have you ever noticed how rooms that are designed with recurring elements feel much more harmonious and cohesive than rooms designed without? That's because of the rule of repetition. Repetition is a ...

Just as “turnt,” “on fleek,” and “adulting” have become trending words in pop culture, so too has “spaced repetition” become a buzzword in education. Some educators are obsessed with it. Others say it ...

When we learn in classrooms, there is a built in sequence of events that helps us go from initially learning a topic to full mastery. Our mastery of each topic is reinforced multiple times: after ...

There’s a saying popular in the small world outside the gym that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. That if an approach doesn’t ...

Long-term memories rely on both the repetition of events and an intricate neurological learning process in making these memories last, shows a new study by a team of neuroscientists. Its findings ...