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Feb 2021
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45. Dr Yana Weinstein-Jones: 6 Strategie...

WILLIAM WADSWORTH
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Welcome to "Science Of Learning" season on the Exam Study Expert podcast!

Over the next few weeks, we'll be maximising YOUR memory - breaking down the exact strategies you need to learn faster and remember more, with help from some of the world's leading memory psychologists.

We're kicking things off with a golden extract from the archives: Dr Yana Weinstein-Jones, a cognitive psychologist and science communicator, explaining the SIX main learning strategies that science tells us will get you bigger results in less time.

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Get Yana's awesome book at https://geni.us/understandinglearning

Download Exam Study Expert’s guide to using learning science to learn faster and remember more than ever before, at https://examstudyexpert.com/freetips

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ABOUT YOUR HOST: William Wadsworth, Founder & Learning Scientist at Exam Study Expert

“Memory psychologist, independent researcher and study skills coach. I help ambitious students to study smarter, not harder, so they can ace their exams with less work and less stress.”

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