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It may also be that the struggle involved in recalling something helps reinforce it in our brains.

I think something happens here, it's like you send your mind a command: "You didn't memorize that thing, huh? Okay, be careful next time, this is needed for the test".

Notice that when you read the next time, it's kind of your mind is prepared to put that information somewhere, in a manner that it can be retrieved later by the exam.




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