Let's settle this once and for all

Anki is the tits. Great for studying.
I still think the most effective route to retaining information is applying it in some way. E.g, using a word in a sentence will be more effective than reading it on 300+ times on anki over the course of a year.

>Is it a meme?
yes
>Does it actually work?
yes
>Is it the most effective way to retain information?
who gives a shit?

>>9030299

really depends what youre study. spaced repetition is very good in general (and here are some papers evaluating study methods if you want) but id say only use anki to memorise specific facts in quite a rigid way e.g. for medicine, anatomy.

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0963721412443552

http://elephantsdontforget.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Learning-White-Paper.pdf

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/331/6018/772

https://stephenholiday.com/articles/2014/spaced-repetition/

>>9031472
Use Anki as a calendar to remind yourself to refresh on a certain topic as you progress throughout the semester. That way, you're not restricted to memorizing rigid facts and instead can enhance your understanding of holistic subjects with ease.

>>9030299
it would be great if people posted good decks.

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Had a neuroscience professor that swore by it. I truly do believe in Anki, it's how we were designed to memorize, occasional pricks into the brain to put it back into your awareness, it disappears, then another prick.

Almost imagine a scab you keep ripping off. Eventually that scar is the permanent memory formed.

>>9031558
>it's how we were designed to memorize, occasional pricks into the brain to put it back into your awareness, it disappears, then another prick.
And there's never a regular interval for your brain to be accommodated to the experience of recalling, so you're truly learning instead of relying on a shoddy chain of cues.

>>9031558
until the exam that is.

>>9030299
yes, it works, that's why it's a meme

it's completely free to try it for yourself

>>9033666
>it's completely free to try it for yourself
Sure, except the thousands of hours of wasted time that add up from going through flashcards every day.

You'd be better off immersing yourself in a subject instead of trying to keep grasp of numerous facts in vain.