☛ OBJECTIVE
This brainwave entrainment audio is designed for you to speed read through your study material in the first 30-60 mins of your study period. During this phase you don’t have to feel pressured to memorise everything at once – only what you can.
Your memory consolidation will continue with further, more deliberate study periods as you review what you covered in this speed reading/cram phase. Subsequent study periods serve to ‘fill in the gaps’.
What this audio aims to provide is a solid foundation for ‘unconscious competence’ – the ability to recall information effortlessly, which is achieved through spaced repetition.
☛ AUDIO SPECS
Part 1 (00:00) features ambient music & binaural beat frequencies between 12hz & 16Hz (beta) which promote focus and productivity. Part 2 (30:00) features the same beat frequencies with a variation in the pitch, plus the addition of white noise in the background.
☛ METHOD
Below I’ve listed several ways you can use this audio; please feel free to adapt them to your own individual preferences. Be sure to take a 5-10 minute breaks every 25-30 mins.
1) Use one part to speed read through your material and the other to recap and take notes.
2) Speed read AND take notes at the same time through either or both parts.
4) Speed read ONLY without taking notes
5) Speed Read throughout the entire duration of the audio. Repeat the audio, but this time, take notes.
6) If you want a challenge, read through your study material once-over, then take a break and try to recall what you can from memory. Jot down whatever you remember in your notebook. Don’t worry about being well off the mark.
Which method works best for you?
☛ WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP?
So you’ve skimmed through your study material (well done for making it this far!) and rendered a rough ‘mental sketch’ of the information that needs to be learnt. Maybe you don’t remember everything, but that’s fine! What you have now is a solid foundation for further study. Through continued, more deliberate study practice, you can further reinforce and internalise the study material, ‘filling in the gaps’ so to speak.
☛ NEUROSCIENCE
Through repetition, certain areas of your brain emit strong electro chemical signals. As a result the neurons strengthen the neural pathways associated with memorisation, and as they do, they exchange information in the form of chemical and electrical signals at the synapses, which connect the neural pathways.
Put simply, each time your study is repeated, this ‘thickens’ the synapses (connections) between the neurons. As a result this ensures that the information is more likely to be recalled at a later point. This is what leads to the subconscious integration of not just study material, but literally any skills you may acquire in life, such as learning an instrument or learning to drive a car.
Eventually you will reach the point where you can recall information with no conscious effort. This is known as ‘Unconscious Competence’.