in the name of science!

[RogueRed2]

OK I almost have to go to sleep and I have to read because there's a test tomorrow over it(it's over reconstruction too)

I have heard of a technique called book osmosis

what you do is read the book and soon after you're done you sleep on it in hopes of having an easier time remembering

today i will test it out

i will post results tomorrow :)

Anyways, you guys can vote

If it works, I'll get a perfect score

If it doesn't, I'll get my normal score which is 1 or sometimes 2 wrong out of 6.

you guys can try it out too its not that hard ^_____^

[bluemicrobyte]

now I can beleive the read it before bed part, but I'm not so sure the sleep on it part actually does anything.

[peace_machine]

I am sure you have heard of listening to a recording during your sleep to help you remember everything...

\well listening to a recording of answers during the exam is far more effective!

[DARKSLAYER456]

like 5 years ago i read a book every night before i went to sleep and i still remember most of it..

[EdvardMunch]

I am sure you have heard of listening to a recording during your sleep to help you remember everything...

\well listening to a recording of answers during the exam is far more effective!
lol

According to the APA (http://www.apa.org/monitor/oct01/sleeponit.html) book osmosis should work (although, if you're really tired while you're reading the book, you might not soak up as much as you could have).

Here's a quote from the article:
"The research confirms what some sleep experts have long theorized: that sleep is critical for firming up the learning that took place during the day--a process known as memory consolidation.

In two recent studies, Stickgold and his colleagues tested people's learning on a standard test of perceptual memory known as a visual discrimination task. They first trained study participants to perform the discrimination task as quickly as possible, then measured how well participants had learned the procedure by testing their improvement on the task hours later.

In an article published in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (Vol. 12, No. 2) in March 2000, the researchers reported that participants showed no improvement when they were tested on the same day on which they had been trained. But when people had slept for at least six hours after training and before testing, they showed consistent improvement on the discrimination task."

Nonetheless, I'd love to hear your results! Good luck on the test!

[Sirion]

Wow, this sounds cool. If it works for you, I'll be reading many more books :D!!

[Ender]

I don't see how putting a book under your pillow will transfer words and such into your memory. Reading it before bed will do it, but SLEEPING on it? No way.

Though, if it does, I want to try it, lol.

[Darkslayer633]

I don't see how putting a book under your pillow will transfer words and such into your memory. Reading it before bed will do it, but SLEEPING on it? No way.

Though, if it does, I want to try it, lol.It has been in fact proven (in my own little world lol) that sleepin on a book works wonders because the nowelge seeps out of your book into your brain haha.

as for osmosis i think that it works awesome because my memory sucks but if i study then sleep i remember what i read.

[Smile-FRENCHES]

I've tried it. It doesnt work :(

BTW- Read my siggy.

[Hawthorne]

Well let's see - my memory is total S**T.
By that I mean that I can remember from 8 to 12 months back with a clear vision.Any further back it's all a blur.
But I've tried both ways.
Well before sleeping actually worked.(It's because your submemory doesn't change when there is no brain functioning like while you're sleeping even if you're dreaming.)
The second one with book under hte pillow.... Well haven't tried it I'll try it out tomorrow :P

[GrassDragon]

Now I just need some useless information to memorize...

Does anybody have a recording of someone reading the first 100 or so numbers of pi? :P