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Sounds like scrolling is actually a positive then, by forcing you to focus on understanding the content rather than relying on rote memorization.
by Nullabillity 6y ago
Sounds like scrolling is actually a positive then, by forcing you to focus on understanding the content rather than relying on rote memorization.
- dredmorbius 6y agoSpatial memory is not rote memorisation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_of_loci https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_of_loci
- Nullabillity 6y agoNot sure what you're trying to say, that article pretty much only talks about its applicability to (inherently rote) memorization contests. It doesn't say _anything_ about meaningfully integrating the information as knowledge. Which also seems to align with the article's description of how it works: you're not trying to figure out the underlying structure of what's going on, you're making up a new structure as you go based on the surface-level patterns.
- dredmorbius 6y agoFalse. The method of loci (loci being Latin for "places") is a strategy of memory enhancement which uses visualizations of familiar spatial environments in order to enhance the recall of information. Yates's work, cited, expands on this. The method is useful for both specific itemised momorisation (rote) and more general (holistic, integrative, syncretic, synoptic, networked, dynamic) recall and understanding.