Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 11 hours ago
I wanted to cover some of the core fundamentals of encoding and look at the research and evidence that highlights how encoding and active recall fit together to help us learn.
So in this video I dive into how I learn new content more efficiently by showing you some practical strategies and examples of how I reduce my cognitive load and use #encoding combined with #activerecall to learn #newcontent. I'm going to break down the complex topic of encoding into simple and easy to understand practical techniques which you can use right now to help you learn faster and more effectively.
I'm going to dive into some of the evidence and research behind encoding and how we process new information into our long-term memory then I'll touch on how we can encode effectively and then I'll go into five practical encoding strategies which you can use right now and how active recall relates to these.
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blog.alexanderfyoung.com/how-i-encode-new-content
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// CHAPTERS
0:00 - Intro
0:52 - What Encoding Is (and The Evidence)
1:39 - Study 1 - Craig & Lockhart 1972
2:59 - Study 2 - Hyde & Jenkins 1969
5:46 - How Can We Encode Effectively to Learn Efficiently?
8:38 - Encoding Strategies For Learning Anything
8:49 - Mnemonic Aides
10:48 - Chunking
12:47 - Question Generation
14:04 - Appropriate Retrieval (Active Recall)
15:16 - Teach Others
16:28 - Diffuse Thinking & Spacing
18:17 - Summary
//WHO I AM
👨⚕️ Alex Young
Hey I'm Alex, I'm a surgeon and the founder and CEO of Virti and am obsessed with human performance, learning and productivity. I also write for Entrepreneur and Forbes and invest in early stage companies with a focus on education technology and health technology sectors.
#alexyoung
// SOURCES
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S002253717280001X
psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/1970-03138-001
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🎵 epidemicsound.com/referral/q4zcfg
// EDITOR
@Mp3Charlie
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I wanted to cover some of the core fundamentals of encoding and look at the research and evidence that highlights how encoding and active recall fit together to help us learn.
So in this video I dive into how I learn new content more efficiently by showing you some practical strategies and examples of how I reduce my cognitive load and use #encoding combined with #activerecall to learn #newcontent. I'm going to break down the complex topic of encoding into simple and easy to understand practical techniques which you can use right now to help you learn faster and more effectively.
I'm going to dive into some of the evidence and research behind encoding and how we process new information into our long-term memory then I'll touch on how we can encode effectively and then I'll go into five practical encoding strategies which you can use right now and how active recall relates to these.
// LEARN MORE
blog.alexanderfyoung.com/how-i-encode-new-content
// BLOG
🌍 blog.alexanderfyoung.com
// NEWSLETTER
📰 join.alexanderfyoung.com
// FOLLOW ME
@alexanderfyoung
🐦 twitter.com/alexanderfyoung
📸 instagram.com/alexanderfyoung
// MY BUSINESS
@VirtiLabs
🎮 virti.com
// CHAPTERS
0:00 - Intro
0:52 - What Encoding Is (and The Evidence)
1:39 - Study 1 - Craig & Lockhart 1972
2:59 - Study 2 - Hyde & Jenkins 1969
5:46 - How Can We Encode Effectively to Learn Efficiently?
8:38 - Encoding Strategies For Learning Anything
8:49 - Mnemonic Aides
10:48 - Chunking
12:47 - Question Generation
14:04 - Appropriate Retrieval (Active Recall)
15:16 - Teach Others
16:28 - Diffuse Thinking & Spacing
18:17 - Summary
//WHO I AM
👨⚕️ Alex Young
Hey I'm Alex, I'm a surgeon and the founder and CEO of Virti and am obsessed with human performance, learning and productivity. I also write for Entrepreneur and Forbes and invest in early stage companies with a focus on education technology and health technology sectors.
#alexyoung
// SOURCES
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S002253717280001X
psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/1970-03138-001
// MUSIC
🎵 epidemicsound.com/referral/q4zcfg
// EDITOR
@Mp3Charlie
🎬 youtube.com/mp3charlie
