Spaced Repetition Training

I’ve been working on improving at chess for a few years now, and early on in the process I was introduced to a very interesting technique for learning and memorization called Spaced Repetition. The idea of spaced repetition is that after we learn something, we immediately start to forget it. Let’s say we’re trying to […]

Muscle Memory

Every so often, mastering a new skill requires “muscle memory”. According to Google, muscle memory is “the ability to reproduce a particular movement without conscious thought, acquired as a result of frequent repetition of that movement”. For example, playing a musical instrument, juggling, and learning to “touch type” on a computer keyboard are all skills […]