/lit/ - Literature

>>13448502
it requires finding another person, but retelling the information does wonders for retention. I've never tried to just summarize in a journal, but I'm it has similar effects. If something is not engaging I don't think there is a human being alive who will retain it to the point of having been learned on the first path through.

>>13448502
What I do is read the whole work over once for a general overview, then reread it more slowly taking notes on paper in my own words of the key arguments and ideas. Afterwards I type up on my laptop detailed notes on all this. It's long but the process of doing it helps retain information, and if you ever forget you only need to reread your typed up notes.

>>13448502
The best way to retain information is to interact with it. Take notes on every chapter. They could be carefully written, color-coded autism notes, or they could be written in the margins of the text. But after you've finished the chapter, read over the things you've written and think about them, try to put them together. Ask (and answer) questions. When you come back the next day to read some more, go back over the notes you've written on the last few chapters.

>>13448502
This may be obvious to a lot of people, but picture the book's action in your head while you're reading. It's similar to watching a movie and helps you retain information from the books you will read.

>>13448502
Read something over once somewhat casually. If you really like it/think there's something worth retaining in it read it again a few months later. Write about why you like it (maybe in a /lit/ thread). If you really think it's worth retaining you'll probably retain it one way or another.

>>13448502
I read out loud to myself because I live alone. It really helps me remember what I read.

>>13449419
What about when you read trap hentai mangas?

>>13448631
how do i get a better and more vivid imagination?

>>13451258
Daydreaming helps, but the best time to do this is when you're in bed with the lights off and eyes closed right before you go to sleep. Imagine a scene playing out in your minds eye of the characters you've been reading about and put them in a different situation than the one they're in in the book.

>>13449419
odd, whenever I read out loud I don't understand a goddamn thing. I do it from time to time with some paragraphs that I liked and it feels like it helps with speach articulation in day to day life.

>>13448502
in The Shallows it's said that it takes short-term/working memories about an hour to be processed into long-term memory. the procces can obviously be crippled if during that hour you do lots of other mental work or face a lot of distractions.
my conslusion is don't pick up your phone for 30-60min after putting the book down, better do something relaxing. i've found i remember more from reading right before bed than midday reading

>>13448502
taking notes helps, not the having the notes part, but the fact that writing it down is a second processing step.
make mnemonic devices, shorthand. Find out what learning type you are and look up studying tips.

>>13452422
i've always been confused by this. I think I have aphantasia but im not sure. when you imagine something through your minds eye, do you like literally see it? or is it like you're seeing it with a different pair of eyes in another dimension?

>>13452853
The images are there but you can’t literally see them, but at the same time, you can perceive them by thinking about them. That’s the only way I can describe it.