ADVANCED LEVEL - QUIZ 1

What happens when you think of a good metaphor?

• You will be able to better understand new concepts

• It helps you recall the new concept

• You are reusing ideas you already learned to get new ideas

• All of these

Answer explanation

A metaphor allows you to re-use an idea you have already learned to help you learn a new idea. The neural reuse theory states that pre-existing neural circuits can form new connections with newer neurons. When this happens, we formulate a new idea or a new link between two things.

Why shouldn't you highlight or underline all the text while you are reading?

• You won't efficiently remember the information

• It's not an effective method to create new dendritic spines

• You are not making the best use of your time and effort

• All the answers above

Answer explanation

Highlighting big amounts of text doesn’t help put anything in your mind. Only highlight key information, or try using recall instead!

What areas of the brain are required for long-term memory?

• Cortex

• Hippocampus

• Prefrontal Cortex

• All of the above

Answer explanation

Long-term memory is not stored in the prefrontal cortex, that is where our short-term memory is stored. Long-term memory is mainly stored across the larger part of the brain which includes the cortex and hippocampus.

Which of these answers is a lie about the 'memory palace technique'?

• It makes you slower and more forgetful

• It changes your brain

• It helps you improve your memory

• None of these

Answer explanation

Modern research has shown that using this technique changes your brain and helps you to start improving your memory. It does the opposite of making you slower and more forgetful!

Choose the correct facts about metaphors.

• Metaphors allow you to re-use ideas you know well to help you learn a new idea

• It's good to have more than one metaphor for a concept

• Crazy and silly metaphors help you remember better

• You can only have one metaphor for each concept

Answer explanation

You can always have more than one metaphor for a single concept. In the video, Barbara, Greg and Terry used three different metaphors to explain how neurons connect!