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Everything I've learned about studying, completely free. If this was helpful, I give stuff very much like this every week on my newsletter The Tuesday Tune-Up! Subscribe here: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/ 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/​​ 🐧 Twitter - https://twitter.com/zachhighley 💌 Newsletter - https://zhighley.com/newsletter/  ___ 0:00 - Sleep 9:00 - Medical Issues 11:00 - Environment 12:30 - Mindset 13:30 - Exercise 17:30 - Planning 19:14 - Start/End Time 21:00 - Hard Things First 22:00 - Keep the Lights On 24:15 - Passive to Active Learning 26:30 - Practice Questions 29:15 - Flashcards 32:45 - Interleaved Learning 34:00 - Pomodoro Technique 36:00 - Feynman Technique 39:00 - Hebbian Theory 40:00 - Taking Breaks ___ Resources: Residency Information: https://students-residents.aamc.org/a... Sources: 1. Ribeiro, S., Goyal, V., Mello, C. V. & Pavlides, C. Brain gene expression during REM sleep depends on prior waking experience. Learn. Mem. 6, 500–508 (1999). 2. Stickgold, R. Sleep-dependent memory consolidation. Nature 437, 1272–1278 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature04286 3. Wagner, U., Gais, S., Haider, H., Verleger, R. & Born, J. Sleep inspires insight. Nature 427, 352–355 (2004). 4. Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker, PhD 5. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo 6. Irit Wolach, Hillel Pratt. The mode of short-term memory encoding as indicated by event-related potentials in a memory scanning task with distractions. Clinical Neurophysiology 112, 186-197 (2001) 7. How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie 8. Roig M, Nordbrandt S, Geertsen SS, Nielsen JB. The effects of cardiovascular exercise on human memory: a review with meta-analysis. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2013 Sep;37(8):1645-66. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.06.012. Epub 2013 Jun 24. PMID: 23806438. 9. Winter B, Breitenstein C, Mooren FC, Voelker K, Fobker M, Lechtermann A, Krueger K, Fromme A, Korsukewitz C, Floel A, Knecht S. High impact running improves learning. Neurobiol Learn Mem. 2007 May;87(4):597-609. doi: 10.1016/j.nlm.2006.11.003. Epub 2006 Dec 20. PMID: 17185007. 10. Dunlosky J, Rawson KA, Marsh EJ, Nathan MJ, Willingham DT. Improving Students’ Learning With Effective Learning Techniques: Promising Directions From Cognitive and Educational Psychology. Psychol Sci Public Interest. 2013;14(1):4‐58. doi:10.1177/1529100612453266 —————————————————————————————————————————————————— Who am I: My name is Zach. I was an Internal medicine doctor, and now I'm figuring out how to build wealth and health and sharing what I learn along the way 🌐 (https://zhighley.com/​​). I write a weekly newsletter 💌 (https://zhighley.com/newsletter/​​) where I give evidence-based tips on health and wellness. Join the 5,000+ who read it every Tuesday morning to get ahead. The Gear I Use to film videos: https://zhighley.com/resources/#_YouT…​​ What I’m Reading: https://zhighley.com/resources/#_Books